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Daley, Bradley set to square off for state Supreme Court (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will face Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley in a race that will determine whether the conservative majority on the state's highest court will grow.
High court rules manure is a pollutant under policy
The state Supreme Court says manure qualifies as a pollutant as defined in an insurance policy.
Court rules landlord not liable in dog attack
A landlord can't be held liable as the owner of his tenants' dogs for multiple injuries they inflicted on a woman, according a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling.
Lawmaker wants change to judges’ terms
Wisconsin lawmakers will likely weigh legislation next year that would require judges to leave the bench when they turn 75.
Attorney gets reprimand for letting son use trust account
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded attorney Richard Steffes of Beaver Dam.
Van Hollen likely to say ‘no’ to state Supreme Court run
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says he's probably done with serving as an elected official for a while.
State high court to take up some Doe cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases stemming from a John Doe investigation of fundraising and spending by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and conservative groups backing him.
Wisconsin high court accepts 10 new cases
The Wisconsin Supreme Court this term will consider cases involving destruction of evidence, the state’s Open Records Law and how to characterize certain prior convictions, among others.
State’s high court rules against compensation for moved road (UPDATE)
Even though a state project eliminated a Kenosha shopping center’s connection to a city street and forced customers to use a private drive, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled, the owners are entitled to no compensation under the state’s eminent-domain law.
Milwaukee judge Bradley won’t run for high court
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Rebecca Bradley says she is not going to run for the Wisconsin Supreme Court
BENCH BLOG: Justices, judges assemble their wish lists
The Bench Blog’s Santa asked Wisconsin Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges what they want in their appellate Christmas stockings.
After reprimand, Waukesha attorney wants rule change
A Waukesha attorney publicly reprimanded for deleting potential evidence when representing an aide to Scott Walker during the first John Doe investigation is now asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to change the rule that he violated.
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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
