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.

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.

11-3452 Guth v. Tazewell County

10-1974 & 10-2064 Thayer v. Chiczewski

11-1929 Kidwell v. Eisenhauer

11-1096 Benedix v. Village of Hanover Park

09-1165 Surita v. Hyde

10-1300 Milestone v. City of Monroe

09-C-514 Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow – Madison v. The Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Constitutional Law Freedom of speech

Constitutional Law Freedom of speech; video games

Constitutional Law Freedom of speech

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...