Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Washington seeks over $38 billion from opioid distributors
After rejecting a half-billion-dollar settlement, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday took the state's case against the nation's three biggest drug distributors to trial, saying they must be held accountable for their role in the nation's opioid epidemic.
EXPLAINER: What charges does Kyle Rittenhouse face?
Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two of them and wounding the third, during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha last year.
GOP candidate for governor sues state Elections Commission
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch is suing the Wisconsin Elections Commission seeking to suspend the guidance the agency gave to local election clerks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Closing arguments begin at murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse (UPDATE)
Attorneys were set to deliver closing arguments Monday at Kyle Rittenhouse's trial in the shootings of three men during street unrest in Kenosha, the last word before jury deliberations in a case that has underscored bitter division in the U.S. over guns, protests and policing.
Sufficiency of Evidence
A grand jury indicted Alejandro Campos-Rivera for unlawfully reentering the United States after removal. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).
Sentencing Guidelines
Giavonni Cunningham appeals his sentence for unlawful possession of ammunition, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), on the ground that the district court miscalculated his range under the Sentencing Guidelines.
Plea Withdrawal
Adam Sprenger pled guilty to production and possession of child pornography pursuant to a plea agreement.
Writ of Habeas Corpus – Innocence Exception
This case returns to us after we remanded to the district court for an evidentiary hearing on whether the petitioner could overcome the one‐year time bar to filing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, under the actual innocence exception.
Immigration – Removal Order
Anthony Lloyd Murry, a Jamaican citizen, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying him relief from removal.
Concealed Carry Act – 2nd Amendment Violation – Jurisdiction
Illinois’s Firearm Concealed Carry Act creates a scheme for licensing individuals to carry concealed firearms in public.
Plain Error – RICO
For about 30 years, Eddie Hicks worked as a police officer in Chicago.
Due Process Violation
Plaintiffs Rock River Health Care, LLC, International Nursing & Rehab Center, LLC, and Island City Rehabilitation Center, LLC, (collectively the “Providers”) brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Medicaid Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a et seq., alleging that the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (the “Department”) violated constitutional and statutory law in retroactive[...]
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