Appeals court: Amish didn’t make case for escaping Wis. permit (UPDATE)
A state appeals court says an Amish man failed to show how a permit for his new sawmill would violate his religion.
AG: Voter ID unlikely to be settled before Nov.
The state attorney general says he doesn't believe challenges to Wisconsin's voter identification law will be settled before the November election.
Court: Wisconsin triple homicide conviction proper
A Janesville sex offender was properly convicted of killing his neighbor and her two teenage children, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Court upholds state’s minimum gas markup law (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin appeals court upheld the state's minimum gas markup law as constitutional on Thursday, determining that it helps achieve the Legislature's goal of creating fair and robust competition at the pump.
State appeals court won’t lift block on voter ID
A state appeals court has refused to lift an injunction blocking Wisconsin's voter identification law.
Court upholds PepsiCo trade secrets ruling (UPDATE)
A judge properly vacated a $1.26 billion judgment against PepsiCo Inc. in a lawsuit alleging the soft drink giant stole two Wisconsin men's idea for bottled water, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Appeals court rules in newspaper records case (UPDATE)
The La Crosse Tribune is not entitled to most of the records it requested related to the release of a man convicted of killing three people at a western Wisconsin church in 1985, according to a state appeals court decision Thursday.
Court denies new trial in mill worker death (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin appeals court on Thursday denied the request for a new trial made by a man convicted in the grisly 1992 killing of a Green Bay paper mill worker.
State Supreme Court accepts challenge to wind farm
The state Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Wisconsin regulators properly approved a huge wind farm in southern Minnesota.
Judges blow wind farm case toward Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A panel of appellate judges has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether state regulators properly approved a huge wind farm in southern Minnesota. State regulators in Wisconsin and Minnesota gave Wisconsin Power & Light permission in 2009 to build the farm just north of Albert Lea. The $450 million […]
Court: Claims can go to attorney general’s HQ (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Talk about your legal technicalities. Three state doctors are fighting a malpractice suit by arguing their patient sent a claim notice to the state Justice Department’s headquarters in Madison. The doctors contend state law says such notices must be mailed to the attorney general’s state Capitol […]
Appeals court upholds conviction in torture case (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A drifter who was sentenced to 55 years in prison for helping to kill a member of her gang and torturing the woman’s 11-year-old son nearly to death was properly convicted, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. The 4th District Court of Appeals rejected Candice Clark’s […]
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