Recent Articles from dmc-admin
Involuntary Medication Order
The Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted the petition for review filed by D.E.W. in his case against Winnebago County concerning his involuntary medication order.
Class Certification- Portal-to-Portal Act
The Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court’s order certifying a class of current and former Department of Corrections (DOC) employees seeking compensation for time spent undergoing security checks and walking to and from their work posts.
Probation Revocation
The Court of Appeals reversed the circuit court’s decision and affirmed the Division of Hearings and Appeals' (DHA) decision not to revoke Keyo Sellers’s probation.
Deferred Prosecution Agreement
The Court of Appeals affirmed the Circuit Court's decision to dismiss a delinquency petition against 14-year-old S.R. (referred to as Susan) and refer the matter for a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).
Deferred Prosecution Agreement
The Court of Appeals affirmed the Circuit Court's decision to dismiss a delinquency petition against Z.D.S. (referred to as Zach) and refer the matter for a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).
Deferred Prosecution Agreement
The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Circuit Court to dismiss a delinquency petition against J.A.N. (referred to as James) and refer the matter for a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA).
Civil Procedure-Frivolous Appeal
James Luecke and Talia Luecke (the Lueckes), pro se, appeal a small claims money judgment against them in favor of Huckstorf Diesel Pump & Injector Service, Inc. (Huckstorf).
Governmental Immunity
The Appeals Court affirmed the Circuit Court's decision to grant summary judgment in favor of the School District of Durand-Arkansaw and its insurer, EMCASCO Insurance Company, on grounds of governmental immunity.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Holden appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest plea, convicting him of possession of methamphetamine, as a party to the crime.
Insurance Indemnification-Biometric Information Privacy Act
Thermoflex Waukegan, a company that required its hourly employees to use handprints for clocking in and out, faced a lawsuit for allegedly violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
“American elections are for American citizens, and we intend to keep it that way,” says Rep. Bryan Steil of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
Gallagher quit on April 24, which required Gov. Tony Evers to call the special election.
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