Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Public Trust Doctrine
This mandamus action compels the Town of Presque Isle, Wisconsin (the Town), to act on a petition filed under WIS. STAT. § 9.20 (2021-22), the direct legislation statute.
Postconviction Relief-Sentence Modification
Booker appeals a judgment convicting him of armed robbery with use of a dangerous weapon as a party to a crime, and an order denying his postconviction motion.
Tort of Malicious Prosecution
Kundinger filed a civil action against Stair alleging one count of the intentional tort of malicious prosecution.
Suppression of Evidence
On December 5, 2019, the State charged Gates with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Sentencing Guidelines
Keene appeals a judgment convicting him of three counts of repeated sexual assault of a child (different victims).
Sixth Amendment Right to Effective Counsel
Cedric Tung appeals from his judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for first-degree child sexual assault, as well as the order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Court Error – Postconviction Motion Denied
Kraft was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and felony bail jumping, both as a repeater.
Deposition in State Court Case by Federal Agent
Ascension Medical Group sought to depose a DEA agent and a federal prosecutor in a state court case to support its claim that one of its doctors violated his employment agreement by failing to disclose a federal investigation.
Bankruptcy
Weeks before Engstrom, Inc. declared bankruptcy, its CEO orchestrated a payoff agreement between one of its existing creditors, LSQ Funding Group, L.C., and a new lender, Millennium Funding. Pursuant to the agreement, Millennium paid Engstrom’s debt to LSQ, replacing LSQ as Engstrom’s creditor.
Appellate Plea Waiver-Sentencing
Fears was charged by superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking under 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c) and four substantive counts of sex trafficking under 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), (b)(1). The four § 1591(b)(1) counts carry fifteen-year mandatory minimums.
Evidence-Expert Testimony
In March 2019, agents intercepted calls via a wiretap on Jose Bahena’s phone.
Health Care Right of Conscience Act
The underlying lawsuit relates to COVID-19 vaccine mandates imposed by several Illinois state agencies.
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