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Appeals court upholds ban on felons possessing guns (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's ban on felons possessing firearms is constitutional and extends to all felons, including nonviolent ones, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday in a case involving a man convicted of forging checks.
Attorney General: Courts can strike federal laws, but must presume validity
In a memorandum to a panel of federal judges hearing a challenge to the federal health care law, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder backed comments made recently by President Barack Obama that courts ought to tread lightly when considering challenges to laws passed by Congress.
Beloit to pay $265K to settle strip-search lawsuit (UPDATE)
The city of Beloit has agreed to pay an Illinois teen $265,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that he was illegally strip-searched and subjected to police brutality.
Lawsuits over ‘all natural’ claims blossom
A number of recent lawsuits filed by plaintiffs allege that companies are falsely advertising their products as “all natural” or “100 percent” natural when they in fact contain synthetic ingredients or genetically modified organisms.
High court rules witness isn’t liable for false grand jury testimony
A government investigator was entitled to absolute immunity from liability for allegedly providing false testimony to a grand jury, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous decision.
US justices to decide if marijuana crime justifies deportation
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether an alien’s state-law conviction for possessing marijuana with intent to distribute constitutes an “aggravated felony” justifying deportation, even though the record of conviction does not show that the underlying conduct would constitute a felony under federal law.
Obama confident high court will uphold health care law
President Barack Obama says he is confident the Supreme Court will uphold his health care overhaul. He says his administration is "not spending a whole lot of time planning for contingencies" in the event that the law is struck down.
High court OKs strip searches for lesser offenses
Jailhouse strip searches of inmates arrested for non-indictable offenses are constitutional as long as the policy for conducting such searches strikes a reasonable balance between inmate privacy and the needs of the institutions, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
US Supreme Court denies certiorari for Engle litigation
In between hours of oral argument over the federal health care legislation, the justices took the time to deny certiorari in the first of the Florida tobacco suits to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
State Supreme Court reinstates homicide conviction (UPDATE)
The state Supreme Court reinstated a homicide conviction Tuesday against a central Wisconsin man accused of stabbing a teenager outside a party nearly five years ago.
Court takes health care case behind closed doors
The survival of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul rests with a Supreme Court seemingly split over ideology and, more particularly, in the hands of two Republican-appointed justices.
Milwaukee County may offer process service to encourage e-file use
To encourage use of its soon-to-launch electronic case filing system, Milwaukee County is considering getting into the process serving business.
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