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09-11311 Sykes v. U.S.
Sentencing ACCA; fleeing an officer Felony vehicle flight is a violent felony for purposes of ACCA. Sykes’ argument—that Begay v. United States, 553 U. S. 137, and Chambers v. United States, 555 U. S. 122, require ACCA predicate crimes to be purposeful, violent, and aggressive in ways that vehicle flight is not—overreads those opinions. In […]
FORUM: Arbitration opinion will change Wisconsin law
On April 27, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-awaited decision in AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion, No. 09-893. In Concepcion, AT&T’s contract provided for arbitration and required claims to proceed on an individual basis.
Ineffective assistance claim denied
In two decisions this year, the U.S. Supreme Court made it tougher for state prisoners to obtain habeas corpus relief in federal court.
Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed
Margie Phelps (second from right), a daughter of Fred Phelps, and the lawyer who argued the case for of the Westboro Baptist Church, walks from the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 6, 2010. The Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount attention-getting, anti-gay protests outside military funerals. […]
U.S. Supreme Court toughens Sec. 1983
Washington - A unanimous (except for the recused Justice Elena Kagan) Supreme Court has held that plaintiffs bringing sec. 1983 actions against a municipality must show that their injury was caused by a municipal policy or custom, regardless of whether the action is for monetary, injunctive or declarative relief.
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- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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