Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Continuing to Advance Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education
Justice officials say they remain firmly committed to equitable educational opportunities for all students.
Legal experts question judge’s order telling Southwest Airlines lawyers to get religious-liberty training
A federal judge in Dallas this week ordered the training for three Southwest Airlines lawyers.
Police chase in Milwaukee leaves 1 dead, 9 hurt
A 17-year-old male in a stolen vehicle was killed.
Biden heads to battleground Wisconsin to talk about the economy a week before GOP debate
Biden plans to tour Ingeteam, a clean energy manufacturer of onshore wind turbine generators in Milwaukee, to talk up provisions of the law that spends hundreds of millions of dollars to boost domestic manufacturing and clean energy.
Trump indicted, again
In all, Trump faces 40 felonies in the classified documents case. The most serious charge carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.
Lawsuit targets Wisconsin legislative districts resembling Swiss cheese
Federal judges said legislative districts containing disconnected “islands” of land were similar to towns that had been legally permitted to annex noncontiguous areas.
Underinsured Motorist (UIM) Coverage
Meisner was seriously injured in an automobile accident.
Wrongful Death-Motor Vehicle
Kevin Wiemer died after falling into a gravity-operated hopper trailer that was attached to a semi-tractor and being smothered by the trailer’s cargo of corn gluten.
Breach of Trust Claim
Joseph L. Simek died in February 2013, leaving a will that bequeathed all of his remaining property to a trust.
Miranda Waiver
Seehaver was charged with first-degree intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon, as an act of domestic abuse and as a repeater, for murdering his roommate.
Summary Judgment
Gary Cembrowski appeals an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of his sister, Susan A. Krueger, and dismissing his objections to the probate of their father’s will and his claim against their father’s estate.
Sentencing Guidelines-Armed Career Criminal Act
Erlinger entered a guilty plea for the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
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