Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Foreclosure Judgment – Parking Easement
Peoples State Bank (“the Bank”) was granted a foreclosure judgment on a piece of commercial property owned by Debra McCarty.
Due Process Violation
Bartelt Custom Automotive, Inc. (BCA), appeals an order of the circuit court affirming an order of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) which found that BCA failed to provide Kevin Warlow with suitable employment following a work-related injury, in violation of WIS. STAT. § 102.35(3) (2019-20).
Postconviction Relief – Newly Discovered Evidence
Robert Carr, Jr. appeals a judgment of conviction and an order of the trial court denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Ex-Wisconsin pharmacist gets prison for ruining vaccine
A former pharmacist in Wisconsin who purposefully ruined more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday.
Plain meaning or ’causes confusion’: Supreme Court disagrees on DOT property damage case
Although the majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed a Kenosha company didn't have a claim against the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for property damage in a recent decision, the three dissenting justices said the majority's opinion is going to cause confusion throughout the court system.
‘Unprecedented’ revenue growth forecast for Wisconsin budget
Wisconsin's state budget is projected to see "unprecedented" revenue growth of $4.4 billion above previous estimates by the middle of 2023, news delivered Tuesday that led Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to call for more spending on education while Republicans urged caution and promised tax cuts.
Mosinee man charged with killing missing woman
Prosecutors have charged a Mosinee man with killing a woman who disappeared last fall.
Wisconsin lawmaker compares museum’s mask policy to Nazis
A Wisconsin state lawmaker compared a nonprofit children's museum's mask policy to the Nazi Party in a social media post that generated outrage and calls for an apology.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Violation – Rule 43
Michael Stivers pled guilty to receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography.
Supplemental Jurisdiction – Title IX Violation
Before the arrival of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the spring of 2020, Plaintiff Michelle Jauquet’s daughter, “Student A,” was already experiencing an exceedingly difficult eighth grade year at Notre Dame of De Pere Catholic Middle School in Wisconsin.
Personal Jurisdiction
Hobart police officers, relying on information obtained from an investigative database, misidentified Appellant Cortez Javan Rogers as the person who allegedly had intimidated a witness in a pending murder case.
Warrantless Search – Probable Search
A jury convicted defendant-appellant Adonnis Carswell on four drug and firearm offenses, including possession of heroin with intent to distribute.
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