Recent Articles from dmc-admin
Suppression of Evidence-Warrantless Search
Two individuals approached a neighboring unit, explaining that they were attempting to contact the resident of Apartment 7.
Constitutional Rights-Right to hunt- Freedom of Speech
Article I, section 26 of the Wisconsin Constitution safeguards the right to hunt, with a specific statute enacted in 1990 criminalizing various forms of harassment against hunters.
8th Circuit tosses suit claiming false clothing sale prices
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed a woman failed to show an “ascertainable loss” when she purchased clothing from Old Navy at an allegedly deceptive sale price.
Marquette Law School national survey finds Biden trailing three GOP opponents
Preferences over abortion policy have changed little in polling since May 2022.
Evers, Vos on same side, both argue against Supreme Court taking voucher lawsuit
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration and political opponent Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are in the rare position of taking the same side in a lawsuit seeking to end Wisconsin's taxpayer-funded voucher school system, telling the Wisconsin Supreme Court that it should not take the case.
Feds: COVID-19 fraudsters stole billions
Nearly 3,200 defendants have been charged with COVID-19 relief fraud.
Pepsi owner sued for allegedly littering rivers
The lawsuit also seeks financial penalties and restitution.
Right turns on red reconsidered
United States is one of few major countries that generally allow right turns on red.
Verdict reversed under Miranda doctrine
A man sentenced to 68 months in prison for starting a fire has a second chance.
Hunter Biden seeking Trump, Barr documents
Hunter Biden asked a judge Wednesday to approve subpoenas for documents from Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials related to whether political pressure wrongly influenced the criminal case against him.
Judge: Felons can own firearms
In Chicago alone, there are hundreds of pending felon-with-firearm cases.
Proposed noncompete agreement ban under attack
About 1 in 5 American workers, nearly 30 million people, are bound by noncompete agreements.
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