Tony Anderson

Jun 23, 2008

Rowdy Celtics fans smash legal services windows

A Boston legal services group paid the price for the celebrations of rowdy Celtics fans, who got out of hand after the hometown team took its first championship title since […]

Jun 16, 2008

Supreme Court decision supports detainees’ right to habeas corpus

For the third time, the U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a blow to the Bush administration in its handling of detainees at Guantanamo. In yesterday’s 5-4 decision, the majority determined […]

Jun 2, 2008

Ziegler reprimand – too little or too much?

On May 28, the Wisconsin Supreme Court disciplined one of its own. The justices determined that Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler should be publicly reprimanded for presiding over 11 cases involving […]

May 19, 2008

A Step Forward

During her inaugural address, Diane Diel made the surprising revelation that one of her goals involved promoting discussion about the mandatory nature of the State Bar of Wisconsin. That’s a […]

Apr 28, 2008

Scalia advocates a “dead” U.S. Constitution

During a recent interview on National Public Radio, Justice Antonin Scalia explained his view that the U.S. Constitution is “dead” and should be treated as if it were. It should […]

Apr 21, 2008

Attempt to collect on Civil War-era loan pushes the limit

How long is too long to file a lawsuit? If you wait 147 years to file a lawsuit, you have blown any reasonable statute of limitations out of the water. […]

Mar 31, 2008

Correcting our error

In the Milwaukee Bar Association Judicial Poll chart listed on our March 24 Around the State page, the Qualified and Not Qualified headings accidentally appeared in the wrong order. That […]

Mar 24, 2008

Butler wins in court of Milwaukee lawyers

It should come as no surprise that Justice Louis Butler, a former Milwaukee judge, would fare better than his Burnett County challenger, Michael Gableman, when reviewed by Milwaukee lawyers. What […]

Mar 10, 2008

Campaign numbers confusion

Wisconsin Law Journal phones started ringing yesterday as fact-finders began trying to sort out the numbers floating around Judge Michael J. Gableman’s record with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. For […]

Mar 10, 2008

Does sex assault law apply to necrophilia?

Was it sexual assault if the intended victim was already dead? The Wisconsin Supreme Court is taking up that issue Wednesday as it tries to decide whether a state statute […]

Feb 25, 2008

Supreme Court considers municipality's zoning authority

Can a municipality establish a zone in which every use requires a conditional use permit? The Wisconsin Supreme Court will consider that question during oral arguments Tuesday. The town of […]

Feb 11, 2008

Feb. 13 hearing set for WCCA bill

On Wednesday, Feb. 13, the Assembly Corrections and Courts Committee will take up a bill that would limit access to court records through the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) Web […]