Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Man sentenced to probation for pointing laser at aircraft
A Milwaukee man who pleaded guilty to a felony charge of pointing a laser at law enforcement aircraft during police brutality protests in 2020 has been sentenced to a year of probation.
Medicare Part B Coverage – Standing to Sue
Anniken Prosser suffers from an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme.
Sherman Act Violation – Failure to State Claim
This case is about the scrap metal recycling business—the collection and processing of ferrous (iron-based) and nonferrous metals.
Habeas Relief – Admissible Evidence
Twice, Petitioner Leonard Kidd voluntarily testified under oath that he murdered four people in January 1984.
Claim Preclusion
Peter Daza once worked for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), but he was fired in 2015.
Immigration – Removal Order
Cristian Avila de la Rosa received a procedurally defective Notice to Appear for his immigration removal proceedings, and (unlike many others) he made a timely objection to that Notice.
Foreclosure – Abstention Doctrine
Daniel and Margaret Loughran defaulted on their home mortgage in 2011.
Habeas Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Petitioner Anthony Olvera was the driver in a gang-related, drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of an innocent bystander.
Sentencing Guidelines – Supervised Released
Defendant-appellant Joseph Canfield was sentenced to prison and supervised release for possessing child pornography.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
A jury convicted defendant-appellant Fernando Alvarez-Carvajal of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana, and heroin for his role in an interstate drug-trafficking operation.
Attorney Fees
In the aftermath of a serious collision between an ambulance and semi-truck, a question lingered: Who owned the ambulance?
Admissible Evidence – Other-acts Evidence
Chawan Lowe was found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm.
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