Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
State investigators probing death, injury in Hortonville
Investigators with the state Department of Justice are investigating a mysterious death in northeastern Wisconsin.
Attorney General Kaul Announces Multistate Letter to Kia and Hyundai Makers
By Steve Schuster [email protected] Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul joined Milwaukee leaders this afternoon in announcing a coalition of attorney generals who are sending a letter to Kia America (Kia) and Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) calling on their executives “to take swift and comprehensive action to help remedy the crisis of car thefts that has […]
Receivership Proceeds
After the Atrium, a senior-living facility, defaulted on debt service payments to a group of bondholders, the facility filed a petition for receivership.
Termination of Parental Rights-Post Dispositional Relief
Nico appeals the order terminating his parental rights to his son, Everett, and the order denying postdisposition relief.
Recommitment- Involuntary Administration of Medication
Thomas appeals from a recommitment order and an associated order for the involuntary administration of his medication and treatment.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Postconviction Relief – Plea Withdrawal
Mitchell Butler appeals a judgment convicting him of two counts of physical abuse of a child (intentionally causing great bodily harm), with one of the counts as a party to the crime.
Postconviction Relief – Evidence- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Derrick D. Brown, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit court denying his postconviction motion filed pursuant to WIS.
Real Property Gift
Alice Talmage gifted real property she owned in trust to two of her children, Steven Talmage and Dianne Talmage, via a trustee’s deed.
Child Neglect
Michael Moore appeals from a judgment of conviction for neglecting a child resulting in death, contrary to WIS.
Acquisition by Condemnation
Sojenhomer LLC, appeals an order granting the Village of Egg Harbor’s motion for summary judgment on Sojenhomer’s claim pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 32.015 (2021-22).
Prison Litigation Reform Act
Hacker brought a claim against Officer Sandoval for using unreasonable force against him within the Cook County Jail.
Compassionate Release- Sentencing Guidelines-COVID-19
Serving a 262-month sentence for heroin-related crimes, Vaughn has repeatedly, and unsuccessfully, sought compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1).
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