Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Wisconsin GOP leaders pressured to sign election subpoenas
About 100 people who believe ongoing Republican-ordered investigations into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin aren't broad enough pressured the state's GOP legislative leadership on Friday to approve a more expansive review.
Woman who admitted to Slender Man attack to be freed Monday (UPDATE)
A judge was set to review a release plan Friday for a woman who has spent almost four years in a mental health facility after she admitted to taking part in the 2014 stabbing of a Wisconsin classmate to please the fictional horror character Slender Man.
Woman accused with abuse in Racine County
A woman accused of filming herself abusing a person in her care at a Racine County assisted living facility and distributing the video pleaded not guilty Thursday to 16 felony counts.
3 reporters ordered to testify about attack on state senator
Three reporters have been subpoenaed to testify at a Dane County trial for two women accused of attacking a state senator last year.
Weekly Case Digests – September 7, 2021 – September 10, 2021
Weekly Case Digests – September 7, 2021 – September 10, 2021
Wisconsin election investigator demands state preserve data
The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' investigation of the November elections asked state officials Thursday to ensure that all records related to the election are preserved and to inform him of any evidence that's been destroyed.
Man pleads guilty to burning business during protest
A federal judge sentenced a Madison man Wednesday to five years in prison for trying to burn down a jewelry store during a police brutality protest last year.
DNR won’t participate in meeting amidst appointee fight
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials have taken the unprecedented step of refusing to participate in its policy board meeting later this month amidst a nasty fight over whether the panel's chairman must step down from his post.
Former candidate for sheriff charged again for child porn
A former candidate for Outagamie County sheriff has been indicted by a federal grand jury for possessing child pornography while he was appealing a previous conviction for distribution of child porn, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Habeas Relief – Sufficiency of Evidence
Willie Johnson towed Matthew Reeves’ broken-down car back to the city after finding Reeves stranded on an Alabama dirt road.
Abuse of Discretion – Voting Rights Act – Ballot Collection
In these cases, we are called upon for the first time to apply §2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to regulations that govern how ballots are collected and counted.
Statutory Interpretation – 1st Amendment – Right to Free Association
To solicit contributions in California, charitable organizations must disclose to the state Attorney General’s Office the identities of their major donors.
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