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Governor Evers urges JFC to release already-approved funds to Bad River and Lac du Flambeau Native Nations
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Monday directed the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) to submit a formal request to the Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) to release $2 million in already-approved funding for Tribal Assistance Grants.
Federal appeals court deals blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue
A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act, a decision voting rights advocates say could further erode protections under the landmark 1965 law.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Chauvin appeal of state conviction
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin 's appeal of his conviction for second-degree murder in the killing of George Floyd.
Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing arguments on redistricting that could result in new maps for 2024
The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a redistricting case that Democrats hope will result in new, more favorable legislative maps for elections in 2024 that will help them chip away at the large Republican majority.
Wisconsin governor vetoes $2 billion tax cut, calls Republican plan ‘completely unserious’
Gov. Tony Evers on Monday vetoed a $2 billion Republican tax cut bill, calling it “completely unserious.”
State files counterclaim in Christian colleges’ suit
Christian colleges that are suing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) were back in federal court.
Tribe sues Tulsa for ticketing Native American drivers
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Tulsa, arguing Tulsa police are continuing to ticket Native American drivers within the tribe’s reservation boundaries despite a recent federal appeals court ruling that they lacked jurisdiction to do so.
Court tells bar association to stay in ‘prescribed lane’
A Louisiana lawyer who objected to the state bar association’s public statements on several issues, including health tips and LGBTQ rights, can no longer be forced to join or pay dues to the association, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Termination of Parental Rights-Plea Withdrawal
B.M. appeals from the order terminating her parental rights to her son, F.E.
Juvenile Justice Code
J.A.J., a juvenile adjudicated delinquent and placed in the Serious Juvenile Offender Program (SJOP), raises two issues in his appeal.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Insufficient Evidence
Trenton Adrian Brown appeals a judgment entered following a jury trial convicting him of one count of possessing heroin with intent to deliver, as a party to a crime and repeater, and one count of obstructing an officer, and an order denying postconviction relief.
Zoning Law-Certiorari Review
Eagle Cove Camp & Conference Center, Inc. (Eagle Cove), appeals from the circuit court’s order denying its petition for certiorari relief and affirming the decision of the Oneida County Board of Adjustment (the Board), which denied Eagle Cove’s application for a conditional use permit (CUP).
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies