A Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge has resigned from his post on the Judicial Council.
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BENCH BLOG: State Supreme Court keeps on truckin’
Can a jury consider the training and experience of a semi-trailer truck driver in determining his negligence? Is a commercially licensed truck driver held to higher standard of care when a semi-trailer is involved in a collision?
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Drunken driving case leads Supreme Court to correct Court of Appeals
The Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Court of Appeals in a decision that would have remanded a case to the circuit court in order to expose a drunken driver to a higher maximum sentence.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Court helps define when open-records net can take in personal notes
When a mid-state newspaper made a full-court press for the release of employee notes that were taken down during a school district’s disciplinary investigation, the Court of Appeals took the opportunity to construe an exception to the public-records law.
Read More »2014 Year in Review: New challenges at the Court of Appeals
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued 1,015 decisions in 2014, upholding about 83 percent of the cases from circuit courts, the same as the year prior.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Justices, judges assemble their wish lists
The Bench Blog’s Santa asked Wisconsin Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges what they want in their appellate Christmas stockings.
Read More »Justices consider removal of victims’ names from filings (UPDATE)
State Supreme Court justices had many questions Monday for the proponents of a measure to disallow the use of victims' names in certain appellate filings.
Read More »Judicial Council committee considers expanding use of depositions
The prospect of expanding the use of depositions in Wisconsin criminal cases drew mixed feedback Tuesday at a meeting of the Wisconsin Judicial Council’s criminal procedure committee.
Read More »Walker attorney named in John Doe court filing
The attorney for Gov. Scott Walker's campaign is named in a court order as a lawyer in a case challenging the ongoing secret investigation into possible illegal campaigning.
Read More »2013 Year in Review: How circuit judges fared at appeals, Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals issued 1,045 decisions in 2013. Of those cases, it upheld about 83 percent of them.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Concurrence stated it best in high court decision
A decision at the end of its last term divided the Wisconsin Supreme Court several ways.
Appeals court: Voter ID constitutional (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional, a state appeals court ruled Thursday in a decision offering hope for Republicans working to reinstate the mandate.
Read More »FAMILY LAW: Personal proclivity of judges plays a role in cases
As a sports fan, it’s frustrating to watch Olympic events that have subjective scoring, such as gymnastics and my favorite, synchronized swimming (is that really a sport?). It is so much easier to determine winners and losers where the results are objective, like in swimming and track and field.
Blanchard broadens legal skills on appellate court bench
In his first year on the appellate court bench, Brian Blanchard had to travel back in time.
Read More »2010 Year in Review
From the ongoing debate over the mandatory bar to a district attorney resigning after sending inappropriate text messages, 2010 was a news-filled year for Wisconsin’s legal community. Take a look back at the highlights in the Wisconsin Law Journal’s 2010 Year in Review.
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