Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Abuse of Discretion – Sanctions
Tyler Mueller was injured while hunting when a gun he was holding discharged.
Sovereign Immunity
Aquilla Jessie appeals a circuit court order dismissing his petition for declaratory judgment.
Appellate Jurisdiction
Approximately nine years after Janelle Casey and Mark Schimke divorced, Casey petitioned for a constructive trust, alleging that Schimke had failed to make required financial disclosures under WIS. STAT. § 767.127 (2019-20) at the time of divorce.
Mailer sent to 100,000 Wisconsin voters who may have moved
Nearly 100,000 Wisconsin voters identified as potentially having moved since the fall of 2019 are being mailed post cards from the state Elections Commission this week telling them how to ensure their registration address is up to date.
WILL starts new litigation center to challenge race discrimination, Critical Race Theory
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has started a new litigation center to challenge race discrimination, quotas and Critical Race Theory.
Rittenhouse attorney wants to show victim was sex offender
Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a sex offender, saying the contention supports the defense's idea that he attacked Rittenhouse and intended to take his gun because he couldn't legally possess one.
Probable Cause – Unlawful Entry
Brady appeals from a delinquency order and the denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained following law enforcement officers’ warrantless entry into his apartment.
4th Amendment Violation – Unreasonable Search
Scott William Forrett challenges his judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, seventh offense (OWI), and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Probable Cause – Suppression of Evidence
Alex Premo seeks review of a suppression ruling that led him to plead guilty on a drug charge.
Court Error –DNA Evidence – Statutory Notice
Anthony Nemetz appeals from a judgment convicting him of multiple criminal offenses and an order denying his postconviction motion.
Court Error – Exclusion of Testimony
Wade Weckler appeals a judgment dismissing his adverse possession counterclaim against ADEM LLC.
Sentence Modification
Adamm Linton appeals the circuit court’s denial of his motion requesting sentence modification on the basis that Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), represents a change in the law applicable to sentencing juveniles and is a new factor entitling him to sentence modification.
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