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State Supreme Court candidate Michael J. Gableman’s campaign is calling for the Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) to withdraw from any further involvement in the spring election. Gableman’s spokesman, Darrin Schmitz, alleges that e-mail messages between committee members indicate ...

Students at six university campuses went out to the polls last Tuesday to spark their peers’ interest in the April 1 Supreme Court race. Representatives of Students for a Fair Wisconsin, a gay-rights group, passed out applications for absentee ballots. ...

But anticipatory invocation of Miranda remains unclear

With limited courthouse access around the area on Feb. 6, a handful of law firms elected to close their doors, but not their practice. Various forms of electronic communication allowed attorneys at two Milwaukee-area firms with national branches to connect ...

Miss a court appointment on a warm summer day and chances are the sitting judge will not have a very sunny disposition. Do the same a day after a foot of snow has fallen and the reaction may be less ...

Some courts closed due to inclement weather

Intervention denied in same-sex domestic partner suit

Two Outagamie County circuit court judges appointed in 2007 are about to see if their brief tenures will be prolonged. Branch 2 Judge Nancy J. Krueger will be the first to know, as she faces a pair of challengers for ...

Local rule trumped by Seventh Circuit rules

Variety of violations led to sanctions

Farming is not an 'unreasonable interference' with bay

Review of decisions shows 9 revocations, 33 suspensions

Award from portion of estate not authorized

Reports for last 6 months of 2007 show incumbent outpacing challenger

If a recent spate of orders from the chambers of Judge Kenneth F. Ripple is any indication, too many attorneys appointed to represent defendants in the Seventh Circuit don’t understand their obligations after losing an appeal. Since July, Judge Ripple ...

Two nominated candidates face challenge from State Bar outsider

Several hundred attorneys and judges braved the snow Feb. 5 to attend the Milwaukee Bar Association's annual Judges Night. Members of the judiciary from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Milwaukee County Circuit Court and federal court system were on hand to ...

Custody must be “in connection with” crime

Competitive by nature, John W. Daniels, Jr., 59, would have liked to star in the Green Bay Packers backfield, but admits his current occupation suits him fine. As the chair of Milwaukee-based law firm Quarles & Brady, LLP, since September ...

The Wisconsin Judicial Council has resurrected the debate over citation of unpublished opinions from the Court of Appeals. In May 2003, the state Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision rejected a plan to allow attorneys to cite unpublished opinions. On ...

Commerce Clause challenge goes back to district court

Using a new forum, Wisconsin’s two Supreme Court candidates debated over the phone last week, during an online radio program broadcast through the Internet. Justice Louis B. Butler Jr. and Judge Michael Gableman participated in their first debate on the ...

Senate Bill looks to expand wrongful death claims

Search incident to citation held unlawful

That is one of the primary questions asked when a prospective case of willing sexual contact between two minors is filed with the court, according to Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Mary E. Triggiano. As the presiding judge in Children’s ...

Due in part to the efforts of Kevin Gillson, the circuit courts in Wisconsin have had the option of keeping juvenile sex offenders off the state registry for the last decade. Then-Gov. Tommy G. Thompson signed Wisconsin Act 130 into ...

7th Circuit forwards asbestos case to state court

WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT CIVIL OPINIONS Antitrust In an action under Wisconsin’s antitrust statutes, a complaint need not allege significant effects on consumers in Wisconsin.2003AP2840 Meyers v. Bayer AGIssue date: July 23, 2007 Civil Procedure A court may not dismiss a ...

Many smaller firms employ legal administrators

Commission forwards 5 of 16 judicial candidates