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Abuse of Discretion – Partisan Gerrymandering
Voters and other plaintiffs in North Carolina and Maryland filed suits challenging their States’ congressional districting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.
Sentencing Guidelines – 5th & 6th Amendment Violation
Respondent Andre Haymond was convicted of possessing child pornography, a crime that carries a prison term of zero to 10 years.
Auer Deference
Petitioner James Kisor, a Vietnam War veteran, first sought disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 1982, alleging that he had developed post-traumatic stress disorder from his military service.
Commerce Clause Violation
The State of Tennessee imposes demanding durational residency requirements on all individuals and businesses seeking to obtain or renew a license to operate a liquor store.
Sentencing Guideline – Penalties
In our constitutional order, a vague law is no law at all. Only the people’s elected representatives in Congress have the power to write new federal criminal laws.
Statutory Interpretation
Congress has instructed that the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act do “not apply” to “confidential” private-sector “commercial or financial information” in the government’s possession.
1st Amendment Violation
Two Terms ago, in Matal v. Tam, 582 U. S. ___ (2017), this Court invalidated the Lanham Act’s bar on the registration of “disparag[ing]” trademarks. 15 U. S. C. §1052(a).
Punitive Damages
By granting federal courts jurisdiction over maritime and admiralty cases, the Constitution implicitly directs federal courts sitting in admiralty to proceed “in the manner of a common law court.”
Arbitration
This case addresses whether a circuit court order denying a request to compel arbitration and stay a pending lawsuit is final for the purposes of appeal.
Insurance – Conditional Use Permit
Enbridge Energy Company operates an interstate pipeline transporting liquid petroleum.
Constitutionality – Gubernatorial Approval
This is an original action brought by Kristi Koschkee et al., two licensed teachers and two school board members, against Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Carolyn Stanford Taylor and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Termination of Parental Rights
J.M.J. appeals a circuit court order terminating her parental rights to her child, Alexa.
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- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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