Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Parental Rights
The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services (DMCPS) took physical custody of Alice due to neglect by her mother, Mary.
Trusts and Estates
The Estate of Robert Pratsch appeals an order granting the surplus proceeds of a foreclosure action to North Shore Bank FSB.
Postconviction Motion
Kindt appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of repeated sexual assault of the same child and incest.
Postconviction Motion for DNA Testing
Krauss was convicted, following a jury trial, of second-degree sexual assault by use of force; second-degree reckless endangerment; false imprisonment; knowingly violating a domestic abuse injunction; and bail jumping. Krauss, pro se, appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion for DNA testing.
Postconviction Relief
James Young appeals from a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial, and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Sentencing Guidelines
Thomas Vivirito solicited sexual images and videos from young girls.
Sentence Reduction
Williams appeals the denial of his motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) for a reduced sentence from his conviction for being a key facilitator in a years-long cocaine trafficking scheme.
Class Certification-Breach of Contract- Sufficiency of Evidence
In spring 2020, Eddlemon was an undergraduate student at Bradley University.
Employment Contract – Procedural Due Process
Dr. Bounds, formerly employed as an administrator for the Country Club Hills School District in suburban Chicago, has sued the School District contending that the School District deprived her of due process by posting her position as vacant after she did not timely sign a written employment contract for the forthcoming school year.
Class Action-Antitrust
The City of Chicago was desperate to find untapped sources of funds during the recession of 2008.
Summary Judgment – Title VII Violation
Trahanas worked as a research technician in a medical lab.
Legal News
- NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
- Milwaukee Police investigating fatal downtown crash
- 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
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