High court to make rare examination of prosecutors’ ethical duties in discovery
Should Wisconsin prosecutors be held to a higher ethical standard than their constitutional obligation to disclose evidence to criminal defendants?
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates sparring over recusal
Candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court are sparring over when to step aside in cases involving financial supporters.
Beaver Dam attorney asking high court to revoke his law license
A Beaver Dam lawyer is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to revoke his license.
Wisconsin Supreme Court deals blow to union elections (UPDATE)
Wisconsin's Supreme Court says an administrative agency overseeing employee union elections has the power to decertify collective bargaining groups if they don't file election paperwork on time.
Screnock releases email to NRA that resulted in endorsement
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock released an email on Monday that he had sent to the National Rifle Association that resulted in winning the group's endorsement, which was announced the day before the Florida high school shooting that left 17 dead earlier this month.
2 Wisconsin Supreme Court debates planned this month
Two live, broadcast debates between the candidates running for Wisconsin Supreme Court are planned this month before the election on April 3.
Screnock, Dallet to square off for Supreme Court
Sauk County Circuit Judge Michael Screnock and Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Dallet easily advanced from Wisconsin's three-way primary for Supreme Court, setting up an April runoff between two judges with clear ideological differences.
Supreme Court affirms Richfield man’s murder conviction
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction of a Richfield man who got life without parole in the strangulation death of his ex-girlfriend in 2013.
Republican Party gave Supreme Court candidate $110,000
The Wisconsin Republican Party has given state Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock nearly $110,000 in in-kind contributions for the officially nonpartisan race.
GOP gives Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Screnock $31,000
The Wisconsin Republican Party has given a $31,000 in-kind contribution to Michael Screnock, a candidate for the state Supreme Court.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates make case to counties
Two of the three candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court say the current court controlled by conservatives is dysfunctional.
High court: Recreational immunity statute doesn’t protect contractor from lawsuit
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has found that the state’s recreational-immunity law cannot shield a contractor from being sued over a death that occurred while it was trimming trees for a customer.
Legal News
- 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
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
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