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Jun 10, 2012

Wis. court upholds search of felon’s property

Authorities have a right to search a felon's property for guns, even though they have no cause or suspicion to do so, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled.

Jun 8, 2012

State’s high court takes on four new cases

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday voted to accept four new cases, and also acted to deny review in a number of cases.

Jun 8, 2012

Atheist faces new setback in suit over Ill. cross

An atheist said Friday he may take his legal fight over state funds used to renovate a towering southern Illinois cross to the U.S. Supreme Court now that his latest federal appeal has failed.

Jun 7, 2012

Gay marriage case one step away from US Supreme Court’s door

The decision paves the way for the case, which has been winding its way through the federal courts, to be heard by the Supreme Court as early as next year.

Jun 7, 2012

THE DARK SIDE: Citation to unpublished opinions is like crying Wolff

I recently received a very nice letter from Chief Justice Abrahamson, thanking me for my service on the Supreme Court’s committee to study citation to unpublished opinions.

Jun 4, 2012

US Supreme Court: Bank can credit-bid at bankruptcy auction

Chapter 11 cramdown plans that provide for the sale of debtor’s collateral free and clear of a bank’s lien must allow the bank to credit-bid at the sale, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

Jun 1, 2012

Supreme Court ruling could reshape children’s benefits cases

As the use of assisted reproductive technologies continues to increase, a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling has family and estate planning attorneys warning their clients of unforeseen consequences from decades-old federal and state laws governing children’s benefits.

May 31, 2012

THE DARK SIDE: On ‘filled milk’ and the Beatles

A conversation occurs whenever an argument breaks out over U.S. v. Carolene Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938), which deals with unconscionably upholding the criminalization of shipping filled milk across a state line.

May 30, 2012

7th Circuit: Employee can’t sue for anti-immigrant bias

Federal employment discrimination law does not provide a remedy for a bank employee who claims she was fired because of her marriage to a Mexican citizen who had entered the U.S. illegally, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.

May 30, 2012

Supreme Court rules in Double Jeopardy case

An informal vote taken by jurors before deliberations conclude and later reported to a judge in court does not amount to an acquittal, and therefore a retrial does not violate a defendant’s Double Jeopardy rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

May 29, 2012

US high court declines to hear music downloading case

A $675,000 jury verdict against a student who illegally downloaded 30 songs from the Internet was left standing by the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to take the matter up.

May 29, 2012

‘In Chambers’ pulls back curtains at Supreme Court

A U.S. Supreme Court justice stands in his august chambers concentrating on his latest project while a law clerk looks on in admiration. Is the subject a petition for certiorari that seeks to upend decades of constitutional precedent? Hardly.

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