Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Sexually Dangerous Persons Act-Fourteenth Amendment
Illinois's Sexually Dangerous Persons Act permits the commitment and indefinite detention of individuals charged with a crime who are found to suffer from a mental disorder and show criminal tendencies towards committing sex offenses.
TCPA Class Action-Unsolicited Advertisements
Elanco Animal Health sent two unsolicited faxes to Ambassador Animal Hospital, extending invitations to their veterinarians and owner for two free dinner programs: "Canine and Feline Disease Prevention Hot Topics" and "Rethinking Management of Osteoarthritis."
Sentencing Guidelines-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Evans engaged in two separate heroin sales to a confidential source, one involving 50 grams and the other 125 grams.
Election Law
In 2020, Reardon ran for Coles County State's Attorney but was not successful, as the incumbent, Danley, retained the position.
Sherman Act
Multiple lawsuits were filed alleging that various companies within the broiler-chicken industry formed a cartel.
Vehicular Hijacking-Crime of Violence
Brown was found guilty of bank robbery and classified as a career offender based on U.S.S.G. 4B1.1, 4B1.2, with a suggested sentencing range of 210-240 months' imprisonment.
DA’s office to review case after suburban Milwaukee police car accidentally runs over woman
A woman died after a patrol car accidentally ran over her while she lay in a roadway, suburban Milwaukee police said Friday.
Marine staff sergeant found not guilty in 2021 death of recruit at South Carolina’s Parris Island
A staff sergeant who oversaw Marine training at South Carolina's Parris Island has been cleared of criminal responsibility in the death of a 19-year-old recruit in 2021.
Wisconsin man sues to keep boaters off flooded private land
A southeastern Wisconsin property owner tired of watching airboats travel across his land during floods has filed a lawsuit seeking to limit the public's right to use flooded rivers, lakes and streams.
Biden nominates magistrate judge for northern Indiana to 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Joshua Kolar, a federal magistrate judge for northern Indiana, to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the White House announced Thursday.
Green Bay woman wasn’t mentally ill when she killed and dismembered a former boyfriend, jury finds
A Green Bay woman wasn't mentally ill when she killed and dismembered a former boyfriend and scattered his body parts at various locations, a jury found Thursday.
What to know as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Minnesota on Aug. 1
Minnesotans can legally possess and grow their own marijuana for recreational purposes starting Tuesday, Aug. 1, subject to limits meant to keep a lid on things while the state sets up a full-blown legal cannabis industry.
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