Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Money, schools and religion return to the Supreme Court
Since 1947, one topic in education has regularly come up at the Supreme Court more often than any other: disputes over religion.
Children’s Wisconsin treating 7 victims from parade crash
Seven patients injured in last weekend's Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee are still being treated at Children's Wisconsin after a ninth patient was released Sunday, hospital officials said.
Supreme Court set to take up all-or-nothing abortion fight
Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there's no middle ground in Wednesday's showdown over abortion. The justices can either reaffirm the constitutional right to an abortion or wipe it away altogether.
Public Records – Public Interest Balancing Test
The Estate of Ceasar Stinson and Stinson’s spouse, Chipo Samvura (collectively, “the Estate”), appeal a circuit court order which restrains the Milwaukee County Sheriffs’ Office (MCSO) from releasing an internal affairs file.
Motion for Change of Venue Denied
Marten Transport, Ltd. and Shem David Wark appeal from a nonfinal order denying their motion to change venue from Milwaukee County to Barron County.
Involuntary Medication and Treatment
Robert appeals the circuit court order for involuntary medication and treatment.
4th Amendment Violation – Warrantless Search – Community Caretaker Doctrine
Miles J. Olson appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, as a fifth offense.
Appellate Jurisdiction – Class Action Fairness Act
Ranita Railey clocked in and out of work at the Sunset Food Mart in Lake Forest, Illinois, by placing her hand on a biometric scanner.
Sentencing – Revocation of Pretrial Release
This is an appeal from an order revoking pretrial release based on the defendant’s violation of his release conditions.
All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice. The convictions of Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and his neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan […]
Public nuisance laws in opioid cases give hope to both sides
A jury's finding this week that three major pharmacy chains are responsible for contributing to the scourge of opioid addiction in two Ohio counties may be just the beginning of a protracted legal battle that ultimately could leave the communities no better off.
The aftershocks of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict
What a seismic difference a trial has made to public and media perceptions of Kyle Rittenhouse.
Legal News
- UW-Milwaukee chancellor to step down next year amid handling of Pro-Hamas protesters
- Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
- Man hurt when home in rural Wisconsin explodes has died, authorities say
- Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
- Gov. Evers appoints Travis Maze as Jefferson County Sheriff
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
- Wisconsin joins coalition urging Supreme Court to uphold federal ghost gun regulations
- GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
- 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
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