Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Divorce – Maintenance Modification
Curtis Barone Corbeille appeals an order denying his motion to reduce or terminate maintenance he pays to his former wife, Elisa Barone Corbeille.
Postconviction Motion-Castle Doctrine
Juan Andres Balderas, Jr., appeals a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial for one count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, both with the use of a dangerous weapon.
Jewish teacher arrested for threatening students who drew swastikas, police say
A Jewish middle school teacher in Wisconsin was arrested for making terrorist threats toward students who drew swastikas on a paper in his classroom, police said.
Postconviction Relief – Evidentiary Hearing
Vayda Herrera appeals from a judgment for physical abuse of a child (her boyfriend’s child), recklessly causing great bodily harm, and an order denying postconviction relief.
Postconviction Relief-Sexual Assault
According to the complaint, Johnson was an overnight guest in his cousin’s home, and, after a night of drinking, he sexually assaulted then-six-year-old Alice3 and told her not to tell anyone.
Discretionary Reversal-Movable Property Theft
Misty Ross appeals from a judgment convicting her of theft of movable property and from an order denying her motion for postconviction relief.
Divorce – Maintenance Modification
Susan Quaranta appeals an order denying her motion to modify the amount and duration of Michael Quaranta’s obligations under a limited-term maintenance order.
Frivolous Appeal and Attorney Fees
Newson, pro se, appeals dismissal of his claims against current Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Wagner and former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judges Kitty Brennan and John DiMotto (collectively, “the judicial defendants”).
14th Amendment-Due Process
Butler appeals an order denying his motion to dismiss his criminal charges based on his claim that the circuit court lacked personal jurisdiction over Butler because he was held in pretrial custody for 321 days before his initial appearance was completed, and 342 days before his preliminary hearing was held.
ERISA Act-Fiduciary Duty
These appeals present questions about enforcement of fiduciary duties of loyalty and prudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, better known as ERISA, 29 U.S.C.
Jury Selection Errors
A jury convicted Howard of being a felon in possession of a weapon, but he asserts that the jury trial was tainted by errors that occurred during jury selection when the district court injected the prosecutor’s race into the Batson inquiry and otherwise improperly evaluated the peremptory strike against a Black juror.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Kinsella was a field operator for Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations when, in June 2013, he suffered work-related knee injuries that left him unable to work for three years.
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