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Wisconsin Supreme Court

Nov 19, 2019

Attorney loses license for nine months

A former Habush Habush & Rottier attorney is losing his license for nine months for violating more than a dozen attorney-ethics rules.

Nov 15, 2019

State Supreme Court raises questions about law allowing searches without consent

A Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling left some judges with questions about a law allowing law-enforcement officials to search people on probation, parole or extended supervision without obtaining consent or a warrant.

Nov 12, 2019

Supreme Court affirms ‘once waived, always waived’ applies in cases involving more that one county

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided the "once waived, always waived" rule for sending juveniles to adult court applies from county to county.

Nov 4, 2019

Eminent domain, road with ‘lengthy, complex litigation history’ at center of Supreme Court lawsuit

A Dane County road with a “lengthy and relatively complex litigation history” is at the center of an eminent domain case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Oct 28, 2019

Supreme Court hears union arguments for paying workers to ‘don,’ ‘doff’ uniforms

A lawsuit in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will determine if employees at a Fort Atkinson food production factory should receive back pay for putting on work clothes before a shift and taking them off afterward.

Oct 16, 2019

State Supreme Court agrees to hear veto challenge

The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a case brought by a conservative law firm seeking to dramatically scale back the ability of governors to change the intent of legislators through partial budget vetoes.

Oct 14, 2019

Supreme Court hears arguments over OWI fine for drunken driver with baby in car

The Marquette County Courthouse sounded like a math classroom during oral arguments in a Wisconsin Supreme Court case on Monday. The justices asked two attorneys appearing before them how they’d calculate fines in a felony OWI case involving a baby in a car and a blood alcohol concentration more than four times the legal limit.

Sep 19, 2019

Contractor, steel maker battle over $16M judgement before high court

A case now before the Wisconsin Supreme Court will determine if Lunda Construction should be out $16 million because the company it has the claim against was acquired by another.

Aug 26, 2019

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Kelly gets ticket for accident

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly has been ticketed for failing to stop at a stop sign after the car he was driving slammed into a van, sending two people to the hospital.

Aug 23, 2019

High court revokes license of Milwaukee lawyer who treated clients like ‘cash cow’

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has revoked the license of a Milwaukee lawyer who, according to a court-appointed referee, treated his clients like a “cash cow.”

Aug 22, 2019

Supreme Court suspends two lawyers’ licenses (UPDATE)

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to release opinions on Friday in two lawyer-discipline cases.

Justice-elect Brian Hagedorn, Justice Rebecca Bradley and former Justice David Prosser turned out to support Dan Kelly’s bid for a full, 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court at a press conference Tuesday in the high court’s hearing room in the state Capitol. Then-Gov. Scott Walker appointed Kelly three years ago, when Prosser retired from the court. Staff photo by Erika Strebel
Jul 31, 2019

Hagedorn to be sworn in Thursday

Brian Hagedorn's inauguration as a state Supreme Court justice this week will mark the end of a legal age and starkly underscore governors' power to reshape Wisconsin courtrooms with like-minded appointees.

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