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In-person oral arguments to resume in state Supreme Court chambers
In-person oral arguments will resume in the state Supreme Court next week.
Wisconsin governor: $680K for election probe is ‘outrageous’
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers said Monday that it was "outrageous" that Republicans planned to spend $680,000 on an investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin, accusing Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of "drinking the Kool-Aid" after meeting with former President Donald Trump.
State Supreme Court refuses to take up mask challenge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to take up a conservative legal group's challenge to Dane County's mask mandate.
‘Making a Murderer’ subject Avery appeals latest defeat
"Making a Murderer" subject Steven Avery has appealed his latest unanimous legal defeat, asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take the case.
Wisconsin Supreme Court slows down ‘quiet revolution’
About four years ago I wrote a blog post titled “The Quiet Revolution in Wisconsin Administrative Law.” My purpose then was to point out an “unprecedented makeover in longstanding principles of state-level administrative law” that “shift(ed) power away from agencies and toward The Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, Wis.courts, the legislature, and the governor.” Last week […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court takes redistricting lawsuit
The state Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review a Dane County judge's ruling that Republican legislative leaders illegally hired private taxpayer-funded attorneys to represent them in anticipation of legal challenges over redistricting.
Court: DNR can impose farm conditions, consider well effects (UPDATE)
Wisconsin regulators can impose operating conditions on factory farms and consider high-capacity wells' cumulative environmental impacts when deciding whether to grant permits, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Mailer sent to 100,000 Wisconsin voters who may have moved
Nearly 100,000 Wisconsin voters identified as potentially having moved since the fall of 2019 are being mailed post cards from the state Elections Commission this week telling them how to ensure their registration address is up to date.
After split reasoning on certified question, private-school busing lawsuit to return to 7th Circuit
A lawsuit over busing requirements for private, religious schools in Wisconsin will return to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brash appointed as Court of Appeals chief judge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed Judge William Brash III as chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
Court: Police lawfully used phone data to solve homicide
Police were within their rights when they used data from a man's cellphone to link him to a northeastern Wisconsin homicide, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Supreme Court: Withdrawal may satisfy favorable-termination element of malicious-prosecution action
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a withdrawal may satisfy the favorable-termination element of a tort of malicious prosecution.
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- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
