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![SCOW to take up a the question of when an arrest is really an arrest](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jun 28, 2024
SCOW to take up a the question of when an arrest is really an arrest
The state Supreme Court will consider whether people arrested for municipal offenses are entitled to the same job protection as people...
Jun 27, 2024
News take: Injunction against abortion protester violated First Amendment right, SCOW rules
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a...
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![The Roundup from June 25, 2024: contesting a double jeopardy ruling](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jun 25, 2024
The Roundup from June 25, 2024: contesting a double jeopardy ruling
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case...
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![The Roundup from June 24, 2024](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jun 25, 2024
The Roundup from June 24, 2024
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case...
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!["Community caretaking" seizures and searches ripe for reform?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_194bfb39d5774b76823b42788c97ed27~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_432,h_72,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_194bfb39d5774b76823b42788c97ed27~mv2.webp)
Jun 21, 2024
"Community caretaking" seizures and searches ripe for reform?
"It's possible some of the more expansive understandings of community caretaking in Wisconsin and elsewhere may need to be circumscribed."
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![A tangled SCOW decision, but majority agreement on tossing drunk driving conviction](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Jun 18, 2024
A tangled SCOW decision, but majority agreement on tossing drunk driving conviction
"While reasonable suspicion doesn't demand much, it does demand more than a hunch," Hagedorn wrote. "And that is all we see here."
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![Man's desire to bring police chief "to justice" not enough for involuntary commitment: appeals court](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jun 15, 2024
Man's desire to bring police chief "to justice" not enough for involuntary commitment: appeals court
A man's statement that he wanted to bring the police chief "to justice" is not enough to have him involuntarily committed and medicated...
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![In Brief: No guns for domestic violence offenders, even after expunction, appeals court rules](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_595cd2f2cab3458e83608f3646ba0db7~mv2.webp)
Jun 4, 2024
In Brief: No guns for domestic violence offenders, even after expunction, appeals court rules
The case:Â Scot Van Oudenhoven v Wisconsin Department of Justice Case no.: 2023AP70-FT "In brief" posts are shorter looks at various court...
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