Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Black and Latino voters suing in federal court to block congressional district’s weakening minority voting
U.S. District Court lawsuit says districts unlawfully weaken minority voting power.
Gov. Evers appoints Nicole Ziebell as Marquette County Register of Deeds
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced Monday his appointment of Nicole Ziebell to serve as Marquette County Register of Deeds.
Dane County looks to stop forcing unwed fathers to repay Medicaid birth costs from before 2020
Dane County officials are looking to stop making unwed fathers repay Medicaid for the cost of their children’s births in cases before 2020.
Republican leaders of Wisconsin Legislature at odds over withholding university pay raises
The Republican head of the Wisconsin Senate said Monday he wants to see pay raises approved for Universities of Wisconsin employees.
Wisconsin pastor accused of exploiting children in Venezuela and Cuba gets 15 years
A Wisconsin pastor was sentenced Monday to 15 years in a federal prison.
Remains found in Indiana in 1982 identified as those of Wisconsin woman who vanished at age 20
Human remains found in rural Indiana in 1982 have been identified as those of a Wisconsin woman who was 20 when she vanished more than four decades ago, authorities said.
Wisconsin law requires vehicles to stay back from a working snowplow
Winter weather contributed to nearly 19,000 crashes in Wisconsin last season (Oct. 2022 to May 2023). Those incidents led to 39 deaths and 3,799 injuries.
Jan. 6 suits can proceed
Trump could ask the full appeals court to take up the matter or go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Termination of Parental Rights-Sufficiency of Evidence
M.D. (Mary) was born in November 2020. At the hospital, Mary’s mother, Parker, had significant mental health issues, drug use during pregnancy, and showed an inability to care for Mary.
Termination of Parental Rights-Sufficiency of Evidence
Tony appeals the orders of the circuit court terminating his parental rights to Tisha, Troy, Tina, and Todd.
Sufficiency of Evidence-Guardianship Placement
James appeals an order continuing his protective placement pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 55. James argues that Douglas County presented insufficient evidence for the circuit court to issue the order.
Relevant Evidence-Sobriety Tests
Thomas Batterman appeals a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), as a second offense.
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