Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Judge: Law rejecting Mail Ballots violates Civil Rights Act
“This ruling sends a clear message that states may not impose unlawful and unnecessary requirements that disenfranchise eligible voters."
Donald Trump’s bond is set at $200,000 in Georgia case over efforts to overturn 2020 election
Donald Trump’s bond has been set at $200,000 ahead of his surrender to authorities in the Georgia case accusing the former president of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss, according to court papers filed Monday. Trump, who is facing a Friday deadline to turn himself in, is also barred from intimidating co-defendants, witnesses or […]
GOP presidential debate puts a spotlight on Wisconsin
Wisconsin will be one of the biggest toss-ups in the general election.
14 people were shot, one fatally, in the same Milwaukee neighborhood, police say
A 22-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested and a firearm was recovered by police.
Default Judgments
On January 18, 2017, Singh was arrested by a Village of Hales Corners police officer for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).
Commercial Real Estate
In June 2018, Stellar Center – Hobart LLC (“Stellar”) and OneLegacy entered into a lease of commercial real estate for a three-year period commencing on July 1, 2018, and terminating on June 30, 2021.
Jury Instruction
The State charged Kyle Darnell with three offenses, including being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Newly Discovered Evidence- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Fue Lor appeals a judgment convicting him of several child sex offenses and possession of child pornography.
Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
In 2008, the town of Paris, in rural Kenosha County of Wisconsin, implemented an ordinance titled "Sex Offender Residency Restrictions."
Fair Housing Act
In a lawsuit initiated in 2014 under the provisions of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601–19), Cook County asserted that certain banks had excessively extended credit to specific borrowers, resulting in subsequent defaults and foreclosures that inflicted harm upon the County.
Twenty-Sixth Amendment-Voting Rights
Indiana law allows “elderly” voters—those sixty-five or older—to vote by mail.
Summary Judgment-Negligence
Jason Burns, a truck driver, injured himself while delivering products to a Sherwin-Williams paint supply store.
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