Wisconsin will revise its policies for home football games after a fan at a game against Nebraska was asked to remove offensive parts of a costume that appeared to be a President Barack Obama mask and a noose around his neck.
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BENCH BLOG: A frustrating decision from the Court of Appeals (UPDATE)
In a decision that touches all three branches of government, the court of appeals decided that in actions for civil forfeiture pretrial discovery may be conducted.
Read More »Constitutional Law — freedom of speech — retaliation
11-3452 Guth v. Tazewell County
Read More »Constitutional Law — freedom of speech — equal protection
10-1974 & 10-2064 Thayer v. Chiczewski
Read More »Employment — public employment — freedom of speech
11-1929 Kidwell v. Eisenhauer
Read More »Constitutional Law — freedom of speech — public employees
11-1096 Benedix v. Village of Hanover Park
Read More »Civil Rights — freedom of speech — qualified immunity
09-1165 Surita v. Hyde
Read More »Civil Rights; Freedom of speech; vagueness
10-1300 Milestone v. City of Monroe
Read More »Constitutional Law — freedom of speech — college student groups
09-C-514 Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow – Madison v. The Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Read More »10-3339 Woods v. IDOC
Constitutional Law Freedom of speech
Read More »08-1448 Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association
Constitutional Law Freedom of speech; video games
Read More »10-779 Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc.
Constitutional Law Freedom of speech
Read More »Cannon & Dunphy prevails over Habush in privacy lawsuit
Cannon & Dunphy SC has prevailed over personal injury rival Habush Habush & Rottier SC in a dispute involving not personal injury, but invasion of privacy. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Charles Kahn held on Wednesday that the Habush firm proved every element of the tort, except one: unreasonableness. In 2009, the Cannon firm contracted with Google and other search ...
Read More »2 students sue school district over club status
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — Two students have filed a federal lawsuit after the West Bend School Board rejected a request to recognize the Gay-Straight Alliance chapter as a school club. The lawsuit claims the school district is violating the students’ freedom of speech and is denying equal access. WISN-TV reports the school board rejected the club status earlier this ...
Read More »10-2485 & 10-3635 Zamecnik v. Indian Prairie School Dist. # 204
Constitutional Law Freedom of speech; schools A school cannot prohibit students from wearing t-shirts that say, “Be Happy, Not Gay.” “[A] school that permits advocacy of the rights of homosexual students cannot be allowed to stifle criticism of homosexuality. The school argued (and still argues) that banning ‘Be Happy, Not Gay’ was just a matter of protecting the ‘rights’ of ...
Read More »2010AP1937-OA Wisconsin Prosperity Network v. Myse
Constitutional Law Freedom of speech “The court having considered the petition and supplemental petition to commence an original action under Wis. Stat. § (Rule) 809.70 filed on behalf of petitioners, Wisconsin Prosperity Network, Inc., The MacIver Institute for Public Policy, Inc., Americans for Prosperity, Reverend David King, Concerned Citizens of Iowa County, Inc., Daniel O. Curran, Oriannah Paul, The Sheboygan ...
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