Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Man Rittenhouse shot says he didn’t mean to point own gun (UPDATE)
The protester and volunteer medic who survived after Kyle Rittenhouse shot him on the streets of Kenosha testified that he pointed his own gun at Rittenhouse but didn't mean to and had no intention of firing it.
Probable Cause – Sufficiency of Evidence
The State appeals a circuit court judgment dismissing a criminal complaint charging Keith Hoffman with stalking under WIS. STAT. § 940.32(2) (2019-20).
Summary Judgment – Insurance Claim – Coverage
This case involves a single automobile liability policy issued by Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company to Susan Noble and a dispute over the meaning of a “drive other cars” exclusion in the policy, under which coverage is excluded for vehicles not listed in the policy that are “available for” “the regular use of a relative” of the insured.
Involuntary Commitment – Sufficiency of Evidence
E.A.B., Jr. appeals from an order of the circuit court extending his involuntary commitment and also challenges the order for involuntary medication and treatment.
Termination of Parental Rights
L.M. appeals the order of the trial court terminating her parental rights to A.S.M. L.M. failed to appear at the initial hearing on the termination of parental rights petition and a default judgment was entered.
Involuntary Commitment – Sufficiency of Evidence
Lauren appeals from an order extending her involuntary commitment under WIS. STAT. ch. 51 and an order for involuntary medication and treatment.
Admission of Evidence – Expert Testimony
Kristine Buttke appeals from a conviction for causing mental harm to a child.
ALJ Review – Permit Application
Club Unique Improvement Corporation (Club Unique or the Club) appeals from an order of the circuit court denying its petition for judicial review of a decision from an administrative law judge (ALJ).
Sentencing Guidelines – Expungement
Jacob Zwiefelhofer appeals from an amended judgment of conviction that removed his eligibility for expungement.
Governmental Immunity
Michael L. Moss appeals the trial court’s order for dismissal on the pleadings regarding Moss’s claims against Milwaukee County and its insurer, Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Company (collectively “the County”).
High court struggles with government secrets case
The Supreme Court struggled Monday with whether to allow a lawsuit by Muslim men claiming religious bias by the FBI to go forward despite the government's objection that doing so could reveal national security secrets.
EXPLAINER: Prosecutors play up Rittenhouse inexperience
Prosecutors trying to convict Kyle Rittenhouse of murder have been working to paint him as an inexperienced teenager who misrepresented his age and medical training to other armed civilians in his group on the night he shot three men during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger has […]
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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