Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Rooker-Feldman Doctrine-Foreclosure
The Seventh Circuit addressed a disagreement concerning the proprietors of two Chicago real estate parcels.
Habeas Corpus Petition- Prosecutorial Misconduct
Darnell Dixon filed a habeas corpus petition after being found guilty of home invasion and murder by an Illinois state court and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Fond du Lac jury convicts man for brutal slaying
The jury listened to five days of testimony.
Wisconsin Assembly approves increases in out-of-state outdoor license fees to help close deficit
The Assembly passed the legislation 97-0, sending it to the Senate.
Assembly OKs bill to suspend doe hunting in northern Wisconsin in attempt to regrow herd
Republican-authored measure is designed to help the northern herd replenish itself.
Wisconsin lawmakers OK bill to tackle forever chemicals pollution, but governor isn’t on board
The DNR would need landowners' permission to test their water for PFAS.
A man accused of stabbing another passenger on a Seattle to Las Vegas flight charged with assault
The man made an improvised weapon by wrapping rubber bands around several pens.
Could gunowners face charges if kids access unlocked weapons? State laws differ
The case marks the first time a U.S. parent was held responsible for a child carrying out a mass school attack.
EPA approves year-round sales of higher ethanol blend in Wisconsin, other states
Agribusiness spent a record-breaking $165 million on federal lobbying in 2023.
Former Black schools leader radio interview brings focus on race issues in Green Bay
When an Atlanta radio host referred to the Wisconsin city of Green Bay as “about as lily white .."
Parts of a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver have been stolen
The Denver Police Department’s Bias-Motivated Crime Unit is investigating.
Right to contraception rejected by Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Thousands of Wisconsinites lost a concrete right to make their own healthcare decisions.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on addition 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