Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Reinhart to begin Mansfield Rule 5.0 diversity certification
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren is set to begin a national certification program to increase diversity among the firm's leaders.
After split reasoning on certified question, private-school busing lawsuit to return to 7th Circuit
A lawsuit over busing requirements for private, religious schools in Wisconsin will return to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Gableman will get $44K to lead GOP’s election investigation
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos plans to pay former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman $44,000 to lead a probe of 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin.
BEING JUDGEY: Why we should pick the best qualified candidates for the bench
Nothing in our legal system is more important than judges. Cases proceed (or don’t proceed) and resolve largely on the basis of the individual proclivities of the person wearing the robe. A good judge can make a complex, difficult case into a resolvable one and a bad judge can do the opposite. The judge sets […]
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied
An informant gave South Bend police the number to a phone that drug dealers in the South Bend area were supposedly using to sell drugs.
PLRA Violation – IFP Application
Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), prisoners filing petitions to proceed in a suit in forma pauperis (“IFP”) can’t deliberately misrepresent their financial status.
FMLA Violation – Collective Bargaining Agreement – Arbitration
Plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant John F. Cloutier was a pilot for defendant-appellant and cross-appellee GoJet Airlines, LLC.
Sufficiency of Evidence – Unconditional Writ
Kenneth Smith has been in state prison for nineteen years for a murder and robbery that he insists he did not commit.
First Step Act Violation – Motion for Compassionate Release
In his plea agreement, defendant David Bridgewater waived the right to seek any modification of his sentence.
6th Amendment Violation – Confrontation Clause
Emmanuel Hart was convicted by a jury of robbing two Chicago banks in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a).
Jury Instructions
Over the course of a three-week crime spree in October 2017, Rex Hammond robbed, or attempted to rob, seven stores at gunpoint in Indiana and Michigan.
ADEA Violation – Retaliation Claim – Time-barred
Amit Sinha appeals the rejection of his retaliation claims against his employer, Bradley University, under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
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