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No computer can or ever will replicate the mind of Linda O’Dell when it comes to storing information and processing case-related information.
Probation can’t be reduced
Successful rehabilitation is not a permissible basis for reducing the length of probation. The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Oct. 21 would not go so far as holding that a […]
Court: Bat guano is not ‘pollution’
Bat guano is not a pollutant, as that term is used in a homeowner's insurance policy's pollution exclusion.
Admissions in treatment can’t be used after revocation
When a court sentences a defendant after revocation of probation, it can't consider other crimes he was compelled to admit to his agent as a condition of probation.
No harm, no foul under FDCPA
A Mayville law firm was properly granted summary judgment on a debtor's claim that it violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), even if it did so, because the debtor suffered no damages.
Case back to square one after illegal plea
The remedy for an illegal plea agreement is to vacate the plea and sentence and reinstate the original charges.
Unrecorded juvenile statement barred
Unrecorded statements made by a juvenile to a police officer in the squad car are inadmissible.
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- Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs judicial recusal rules
- Wisconsin settles Waupun prison death lawsuit for $3.75M
- Wisconsin settles $10M PFAS lawsuit against Tyco
- Poll: Most Americans think Supreme Court favors Trump
- FBI interviews Milwaukee officers in 2020 election probe
- Georgia-Pacific settles wrongful termination lawsuit
- Attorney reprimanded over witness payments
- Animal rights activists set for trial in beagle raid case
- Wisconsin ballot curing lawsuit seeks uniform voter rules
- Kenosha couple loses appeal in Brewers 50/50 raffle case
- State lawsuit seeks electronic ballots for disabled voters
- Attorney disbarred after sexual assault conviction
Case Digests
- Involuntary Medication-Competency to Stand Trial
- Informer Privilege Statute-Clear Error
- Sixth Amendment-Third-Party Perpetrator Evidence
- Plea Withdrawal-Manifest Injustice
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Procedural Bar
- CHIPS Confidentiality-Remedial Versus Punitive Sanctions
- Insurance Law
- Breach of Contract-Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal
- Constitutional Law-Qualified Immunity-First Amendment Retaliation
- Qualified Immunity-Excessive Force-Civil Rights
- Hostile Work Environment-Sexual Harassment
- Sufficiency of Evidence-McDonnell Douglas Framework
