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Pewaukee can't charge transportation user fees: Appeals court
The Village of Pewaukee's transportation user fee is an "impermissible tax" and not a fee as the village contended, the state Court of...
Mar 14, 2024
News take: Appellate court rules in favor of pollutants
Two of the state's most conservative appellate judges, Shelley Grogan and Maria Lazar. sitting on the most state's conservative...
Mar 8, 2024


Appeals court win for open records: Glendale must turn over licensee information
The mere possibility of identity theft is "insufficient to overcome the strong public interest in disclosure" of information about a...
Mar 6, 2024


Appeals court: Marsy's Law does not override juvenile restitution limits
A law limiting how much restitution a a judge can order a juvenile delinquent to pay is valid despite a Marsy's Law provision that gives...
Feb 9, 2024


Court of Appeals: State snoozes and snoozes and then loses in car theft case
A Milwaukee County judge's decision to dismiss a delinquency petition against an alleged car thief because the prosecutor repeatedly...
Feb 7, 2024
News take: PA Supreme Court bench slaps SCOTUS on Dobbs
Poor Samuel Alito must be furious. From Dahlia Lithwick at Slate: On Monday, the court issued a landmark opinion declaring that abortion...
Jan 31, 2024


State Court of Appeals declines to take another bite out of Fourth Amendment
The State Court of Appeals this week rejected a request that the court recognize the so-called canine "instinct exception" to the U.S....
Jan 25, 2024


Appeals court: Man deserves plea-withdrawal hearing based on girl's alleged recantation, false accusations
A man convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl is entitled to a hearing on his related to his claims of new evidence indicating the...
Jan 18, 2024


Appeals court OKs release of records identifying people who can't vote due to incompetency
Court records identifying people found illegible to vote due to mental incompetency are public records and should be released to the...
Dec 27, 2023
A roundup of news about SCOW's 4-3 decision ordering new legislative maps
Justice Jill Karofsky wrote the majority opinion. She was joined by Justices Rebecca Dallett, Janet Protasiewicz, and Ann Walsh Bradley....
Dec 23, 2023
A Trump/Colorado round-up
Reuters: WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as U.S. president and cannot appear on...
Dec 20, 2023
Kohler golf course loses big round as appeals court upholds permit denial
From the Wisconsin Law Journal story: In the latest court of appeals ruling, the court cited Wisconsin wetland permit statutes that...
Dec 6, 2023
Fifth Circuit strikes down mandatory bar dues
The wacky U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down mandatory bar association dues for activities not directly related to...
Nov 19, 2023


Seventh Circuit strikes down state's "hunter harassment" law changes as unconstitutional
A federal appeals court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional the state's "hunter harassment law" that makes it a crime to confront...
Nov 14, 2023


ATC can't be sued for negligence in pilot's death, appeals court rules
Federal rules granting the American Transmission Company broad immunity from lawsuits protect it even when company negligence results in...
Nov 8, 2023
Federal appeals court upholds Illinois assault rifle ban
Jurist has the story on the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
Nov 7, 2023


Judge stays JusticePoint contract cancellation pending appeal
The City of Milwaukee cannot cancel JusticePoint's contract while JusticePoint fights a Milwaukee County Circuit Court decision allowing...
Nov 6, 2023
Judge can't just guess at restitution amount, appeals panel rules
A Milwaukee County judge erred when he ordered a restitution amount without any evidence to back it up, the Court of Appeals ruled...
Oct 29, 2023
Ninth Circuit temporarily blocks really stupid Idaho bathroom law
From East Idaho News: Senate Bill 1100, which was signed into law March 22, would have allowed students to sue their school for a minimum...
Oct 28, 2023
Milwaukee DA who invited a contempt finding in Marsy's Law case loses appeal
A Milwaukee County prosecutor who deliberately provoked a judge into finding him in contempt of court lost on Tuesday his bid to have...
Oct 17, 2023
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