Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
UW-grad Mueller joins Greensfelder
Kurt Mueller has joined Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale's Chicago office as counsel in its Business Services practice group.
US Supreme Court allows lawsuit against troopers to proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by two state police officers accused of failing to protect a woman from a man who went on a deadly rampage, allowing a civil lawsuit to proceed.
Walker’s son joins Kleefisch gubernatorial campaign
Former Republican Gov. Scott Walker's son has joined GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rebecca Kleefisch's campaign.
Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans
The 4 million inhabitants of five U.S. territories – Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – do not have the full protection of the Constitution, because of a series of Supreme Court cases dating back to 1901 that are based on archaic, often racist language and reasoning. No […]
Republican Owens drops out of Wisconsin AG race
Republican Ryan Owens said Monday he's dropping out of the race for attorney general, after criticism over deleting podcasts he hosted as a University of Wisconsin professor.
Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family-planning clinics
The Biden administration reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family-planning clinics, lifting a Trump administration restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
International Comity – Wartime Injury Remedies
During World War II the Nazi regime in Germany and nations under its domination killed millions of Jews.
Admission of Evidence
Before his trial on gun and drug charges, Edwin Calligan moved to suppress evidence from the search of a house he frequented.
De Novo Review – Time-barred
Justin Herrera, an Illinois state prisoner, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against three correctional officers of the Cook County Jail for failing to protect him from assault and denying him prompt medical care.
ACCA Violation
Bryant Love pleaded guilty to multiple drug counts and a felon-in-possession count.
Insurance Claim – Coverage
Two female students brought claims under state law plus Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681–88, against the Macomb School District, Assistant Principal Ed Fulkerson, and Principal John Rumley (collectively the School District).
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