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Judge upholds Wisconsin domestic partnership law
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge ruled Monday that Wisconsin’s domestic partnership registry does not violate the state’s constitutional ban on gay marriage — a major victory for the state’s largest gay rights group that had defended the registry established in 2009 to bestow legal rights to same-sex couples. The […]
Court: Public lawyers not required in civil cases
By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday refused to require states to provide lawyers for poor people in civil cases involving incarceration but did order state officials to ensure that those hearings are “fundamentally fair” to the person facing possible detention. The justices voted 5-4 along […]
High court blocks states’ climate change lawsuit (UPDATE)
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court blocked a federal lawsuit Monday by states and conservation groups trying to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The court said that the authority to seek reductions in emissions rests with the Environmental Protection Agency, not the courts. The ruling was […]
Supreme Court won’t hear Jensen appeal
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t hear Mark Jensen’s appeal of his conviction for killing his wife. The state Court of Appeals’ decision in December upholding Jensen’s 2008 murder conviction will stand. The 51-year-old Jensen is serving a life sentence for poisoning his wife, Julie Jensen. He was convicted a decade after […]
New lawsuit filed against collective bargaining law
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state employees will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August, state officials said Wednesday as a coalition of unions filed a new lawsuit against the GOP-supported plan that strips away collective bargaining rights from most public workers. The announcement […]
Supreme Court upholds collective bargaining law (UPDATE)
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s polarizing collective bargaining rights law is set to take effect on June 29 after the state Supreme Court determined that a judge overstepped her authority when she voided the governor’s plan to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. The ruling Tuesday evening […]
Supreme Court affirms Goodland in collective bargaining ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has vacated the order of Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi, enjoining publication of the collective bargaining bill. In an unauthored opinion, the court affirmed that Goodland v. Zimmerman, 243 Wis. 459, 10 N.W.2d 180 (1943), remains valid law in Wisconsin, notwithstanding the enactment of the Open Meetings Law and its application […]
Absent court ruling, Assembly to vote on collective bargaining law
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald says Republicans will vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal limiting collective bargaining rights this week if the state Supreme Court hasn’t ruled in the case. Fitzgerald said Monday that the changes Walker is seeking will be added to the state budget as an amendment either […]
High court agrees to take on barge case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Milwaukee property owner assessed the costs of removing a sunken barge from the Menomonee River. At issue is the doctrine of “judicial estoppel,” which provides that a party who successfully argues one position in court cannot then argue the opposite in a second […]
Former State Bar president plans push for financial transparency (UPDATE)
The lack of financial transparency within the State Bar of Wisconsin has already prompted one member of the organization’s Finance Committee to resign. Now past Bar president Doug Kammer said he may approach the state Supreme Court about what he called a lack of accountability by the Bar for its financial decisions. During his term […]
Appeals court rejects gun store license revocation
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling clears the way for federal officials to stop sales at Shawano Gun & Loan. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago Tuesday rejected an appeal by the gun store which lost its license in 2007. Federal regulators allowed the store to continue to sell guns […]
Supreme Court recount cost at $520,000-plus (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The recent recount in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg cost counties more than $500,000, an Associated Press survey found. The AP queried election officials in all 72 counties, asking for their best cost estimates. Seventy counties reported spending […]
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