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Sauk County judge Screnock announces Supreme Court bid (UPDATE)
Sauk County Circuit Judge Michael Screnock, who defended Republicans targeted for recall in 2011 and backed Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law curtailing public workers' collective bargaining rights, announced Friday he is running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
State Supreme Court Justice Gableman not seeking re-election
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman will not seek a second term next year, creating an open seat on the state's highest court unless he resigns and a replacement is named before the election.
Supreme Court orders new trial in warden confrontation
The state Supreme Court says a man who got into an armed standoff with conservation wardens deserves a new trial.
Court: Criminal history checks led to defamation (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state Department of Justice has been defaming a Milwaukee man by linking him to his cousin's criminal history in a database used for background checks.
Council proposing changes to appellate record rules
A group of judges, lawmakers, practitioners and others are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to adopt various changes to the rules involving the appellate record.
State’s high court to take up 6 more cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently announced it had six granted petitions for review in cases out of Winnebago, Milwaukee, Door, Chippewa and Brown counties.
View from around the state: US high court has chance to reject gerrymandering
My, my, how time flies when we are having redistricting fun.
High court orders admission of UW law grad
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has sided with a recent law-school graduate and Republican campaign manager in a dispute over a decision that denied him admission to practice law in the state. The justices’ decision Friday stems from Charles Nichols’ challenge of a decision of the Board of Bar Examiners, the 11-member body charged by the […]
High court suspends Green Bay attorney’s license for 6 months
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Green Bay attorney’s license for six months over misconduct that includes attempting to transfer money out of his firm’s trust account while in jail and advertising his legal services even though his license had been suspended.
High court suspends California attorney’s license
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a lawyer who has been banned from practicing law in two other jurisdictions.
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds rejection of fracking permit
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a Trempealeau County decision denying a permit to open a new sand mine for use in hydraulic fracking.
High court to decide on discipline for two attorneys
The Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to release decisions this week in two lawyer-discipline cases.
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- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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