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Jul 9, 2013

Judge blocks portion of Capitol access policy (UPDATE)

Groups of up to 20 people can gather in the state Capitol without a permit, a federal judge ruled, striking down portions of the current policy requiring permits for all activities as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech rights.

Jul 8, 2013

Judge blocks new Wisconsin abortion law

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday evening to block enforcement of a new Wisconsin law that bans doctors who lack admitting privileges at nearby hospitals from performing abortions.

Jun 19, 2013

Jurors award more than $10M in patent infringement dispute

Plaintiffs Rockwell Automation Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, and Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc., an Ohio corporation, filed a lawsuit Nov. 16, 2010, in federal court against defendants Germantown-based WAGO Corp. and its German parent company, WAGO Kontakttechnik GmbH & Co. KG.

Apr 24, 2013

Parties reach $737,500 settlement following inmate suicide

The state of Wisconsin has agreed to pay a $737,500 settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the suicide of Jessie Miller while he was an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage.

Apr 19, 2013

Judge rejects stay in police union lawsuit (UPDATE)

A police union's lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's polarizing collective bargaining law will go forward, following a ruling Friday by a Madison judge who refused the state's request to delay proceedings until appeals in another case were settled.

Apr 17, 2013

ACLU questions Capitol policy in court (UPDATE)

Civil rights attorneys pressed a federal judge Wednesday to temporarily block the state's Capitol access policy, arguing the rules stifle free speech and don't serve any legitimate government interest.

Jan 18, 2013

Federal appeals court upholds collective bargaining limits (UPDATE)

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's contentious law stripping most public workers of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in a decision hailed by Republicans but not undoing a state court ruling keeping much of the law from being in effect.

Dec 18, 2012

Jurors award employee $1.8M on discrimination and discharge claims

Federal court jurors returned a $1.8 million verdict for the plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging race and sex discrimination and constructive discharge against defendant Kenneth Black.

Oct 25, 2012

Judge sends Ho-Chunk member to prison for bribery

A federal judge has sent a Ho-Chunk tribal member accused of bribing a tribal legislator to prison.

Sep 24, 2012

Federal panel hears arguments in collective bargaining case (UPDATE)

A federal appeals court in Chicago heard arguments Monday on the constitutionality of Wisconsin's law restricting collective bargaining by public employees - one of several related appeals working their way through the courts.

Sep 17, 2012

3 lawsuits pending in Wisconsin union fight

A state court ruling that threw out major parts of the new Wisconsin law restricting collective bargaining came in one of three lawsuits challenging the 2011 law.

Sep 4, 2012

John Shabaz, senior federal judge, dies

Senior U.S. District Judge John Shabaz, a conservative lawmaker who became an efficient and demanding federal judge, has died. He was 81.

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