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11-2298 Keeton v. Morningstar, Inc.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digests Civil Digests Summary judgment

10-3706 Harris v. Warrick County Sheriff’s Department

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digests Civil Digests Harris Race discrimination

10-3256 Grayson v. Schuler

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digests Civil Digests Prisons

A Madison attorney who was denied access to the names and addresses of people who took the Wisconsin bar exam in July is arguing the information should be public record.

Tagged with: bar exam BBE Dan Blinka Jacquelynn Rothstein open records law Steve Levine

A federal judicial selection panel is seeking candidates for two bankruptcy judge positions in Wisconsin.

One of the most contentious years in the National Labor Relations Board’s history ended amid controversy and now the New Year has begun with a brand new political hailstorm that could spell more confusion and uncertainty for labor attorneys.

Tagged with: National Labor Relations Act National Labor Relations Board NLRB Supreme Court

09-3912, 10-1282 & 10-3221 Siddiqui v. Holder

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Digest Holder Immigration Digest

10-1947 & 10-3914 U.S. v. Redmond

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal Digest Discretion Sentencing Digest sentencing guidelines

2010AP2197 City of Beloit v. Herbst

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Motor Vehicles Digest OWI prejudice Sufficiency of the evidence WI Court of Appeals Digest

2011AP1917-CR State v. Kolman

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Motor Vehicles Digest OWI reasonable suspicion WI Court of Appeals Digest

A legislative proposal extending court jurisdiction for certain restraining orders or injunctions in cases of domestic abuse, child abuse or harassment could lead to an increase in false accusations, said Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend.

Tagged with: domestic abuse domestic violence Glenn Grothman harassment restraining order State Bar

Because the Credit Repair Organizations Act is silent on whether claims can proceed in arbitration, the Federal Arbitration Act mandates that the parties’ arbitration agreement be enforced, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

Tagged with: Antonin Scalia Arbitration Credit Repair Organizations Act Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court U.S. District Court

Prosecutors’ failure to disclose evidence undermining the testimony of a key eyewitness required the reversal of a defendant’s capital murder convictions, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in an 8-1 decision.

2010AP2623 North Lake Management District vs. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Tagged with: Civil Digest Department of Natural Resources Natural Resources Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

2011AP130-CR State v. Wedde

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Criminal Procedure Digest dismissal prejudice WI Court of Appeals Digest

2011AP436-CR State v. Armstrong

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Evidence Digest Other acts WI Court of Appeals Digest

2011AP1709-CR State v. Scheuers

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Discretion Sentencing Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

2011AP1776 In re the termination of parental rights to Talia I.H.

Tagged with: Civil Digest Juveniles Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

10-8974 Perry v. New Hampshire

Tagged with: Criminal Digest SCOTUS Digest

10-507 Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP, v. Valladolid

Tagged with: Civil Digest Employment Digest SCOTUS Digest

10-557 Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. EEOC

Tagged with: Civil Digest Constitutional Law Digest SCOTUS Digest

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the police’s use of trained narcotics sniffing dogs at the front door of a suspect’s house is a search under the Fourth Amendment requiring probable cause.

Tagged with: drug sniffing dog search U.S. Supreme Court

10-8145 Smith v. Cain

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Criminal Procedure Digest exculpatory evidence SCOTUS Digest

10-1104 Minecci v. Pollard

Tagged with: Civil Digest Civil Rights Digest SCOTUS Digest

10-895 Gonzalez v. Thaler

Tagged with: AEDPA Criminal Digest Habeas Corpus Digest SCOTUS Digest

10-948 CompuCredit Corp. v. Greenwood

Tagged with: Arbitration Civil Digest Civil Procedure Digest SCOTUS Digest

A Milwaukee judge set bail at $1 million cash for Thomas Bielinski, the Brookfield attorney arrested in a church last month after skipping two plea hearings.

Tagged with: J.D. Watts Kurt Benkley Thomas Bielinski

2010AP2173 In re the commitment of L.C. Streeter

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Sexually Violent Persons Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

2010AP2454-CR State v. Brooks

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Criminal Procedure Digest mistrials WI Court of Appeals Digest

2010AP2796-CR State v. Mason

Tagged with: Criminal Digest Criminal Procedure Digest Self-representation WI Court of Appeals Digest