Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Suppression of Evidence – Good Faith Exception
The Clinton County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on a property where Kyle Matthews lived in a camper trailer.
Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact
Isam Samara and Muwafak Rizek formed FKFJ, Inc. to operate Saraya Restaurant & Banquet and Zaman Café in Worth, Illinois.
Wisconsin Republicans plan 2nd election investigation
Wisconsin Republicans plan to launch another investigation of 2020 election administration, GOP leaders announced Monday.
Hearing may settle use-of-force experts at Rittenhouse trial
A judge may decide at a hearing Monday whether use-of-force experts can testify at Kyle Rittenhouse's trial for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin last year.
Judge sets December hearing on blocking election subpoena
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge on Monday set a December hearing on whether to block a subpoena demanding records from state elections officials. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman sent subpoenas earlier this month to the Wisconsin Elections Commission and the state’s five largest cities demanding election records and ordering officials, including WEC […]
Wisconsin audit finds elections are ‘safe and secure’
A highly anticipated nonpartisan audit of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin released Friday did not identify any widespread fraud in the battleground state, which a key Republican legislative leader said shows its elections are "safe and secure."
Judge issues injunction blocking Wisconsin fall wolf hunt
A judge last week halted Wisconsin's fall wolf season two weeks before hunters were set to take to the woods, siding with wildlife advocacy groups who argued that holding the hunt would be unconstitutional.
Hupy receives National Board of Trial Advocacy award
Michael Hupy has received the 2021 National Board of Trial Advocacy President’s Award.
Davis|Kuelthau’s Bendel appointed shareholder
Davis|Kuelthau has announced that the Board of Directors has approved Michael Bendel as a shareholder of the firm.
Plain Error – Sentencing
In February 2018, Rex A. Hopper was convicted of conspiracy to distribute fifty or more grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a), 846, and 841(b)(1)(B).
Subject-matter Jurisdiction
Appellate review of state-court judgments is reserved exclusively to the United States Supreme Court.
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