Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
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.
Frivolous Appeal-Attorney’s Fees
Richard Lauer appeals from an order that approved the final distribution of his mother Elizabeth Lauer’s Estate.
Civil Rights-Prisoner
Federal inmate Sargeant lodged a grievance against prison official Cruze, citing her inappropriate comments about his sexual preferences and her refusal to provide him with ordered books.
Bankruptcy-Rooker Feldman Doctrine
Fliss, Wojciak, and Barr collectively secured a $200,000 bank loan for their jointly owned companies, with each individual personally guaranteeing the loan.
House Expulsion of Santos marks sixth in chamber’s history
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Friday to expel Republican Rep. George Santos of New York after a blistering ethics report on his conduct heightened lawmakers’ concerns about the scandal-plagued freshman. Santos became just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by colleagues, and the third since the Civil War. The vote to expel was […]
PIP, SSI benefits cases to be heard during December arguments
Cases tackling PIP benefits and what an insurer must pay for services provided by a court-appointed guardian are among the dozen cases to be heard during December oral argument.
Court: City violated order in dispute over fire departments
The court has ordered the city to pay a fine of $2,000 for each instance of any future contact for recruitment purposes.
Judge bars media cameras in slayings case, but the court will livestream
Court will operate a livestream, on its YouTube channel.
$2 million awarded by Federal jury for MPD excessive force, officers’ failure to intervene
$1 million awarded for excessive force and another $1 million awarded for failure to intervene.
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