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Appeals court upholds judge who ignored order for new trial, sentenced man on dismissed charge instead
A Rock County Circuit Court judge who ignored an appeals court order to hold a new trial did not err when he reinstated a dismissed count...
Apr 14, 2024


Appeals court upholds new trial ordered "in the interest of justice" in county bus death case
The widow of a man killed by a Milwaukee County Transit System bus as he crossed the street deserves a new trial in her civil case "in...
Apr 1, 2024
News take: appeals court says graphic warnings on cigarette packs are legal
From Reuters: Reversing a lower court ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found that the 11 warnings required...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: SCOW rules against Catholic Charities in unemployment insurance case
The 4-3 ruling said charities operated by the Catholic Diocese in Superior is not exempt from unemployment insurance payments. The lawyer...
Mar 15, 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


State challenges ruling OKing job discrimination based on arrests for municipal violations
The state Supreme Court should overturn a ruling that allows employers to discriminate in hiring based on arrests for civil municipal...
Feb 17, 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: Another federal appeals court takes aim at democracy
The Eighth Circuit refuses to reconsider a decision that could further limit the viability of the Voting Rights Act. A federal appeals...
Jan 31, 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
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
Insurrectionist ban doesn't apply to presidential candidates, judge rules
Uh-huh. Though effectively disenfranchising millions of voters who want to vote for Donald Trump would create a whole new set of...
Nov 19, 2023
Trump loses bid for mistrial in civil suit
No surprise here. Trump's attorneys had requested the mistrial Wednesday, alleging bias by Judge Arthur Engoron's bench. Engoron in a...
Nov 19, 2023
Appeals judge lifts Trump gag order on attacking court staff
After New York Appellate Justice David Friedman put the gag order on hold, Trump went on Truth Social to post to criticize Judge Arthur...
Nov 17, 2023
"Everybody vs. Racism" can't be a trademark, U.S. Court of Appeals says
It's not used to identify the maker or seller of a specific product, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals said. Reuters has the story.
Nov 14, 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
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