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Oct 16, 2024
The Roundup: Are "god complex" and "woke lunatic" defamatory? Plus, insurance companies and stolen data
Or interesting stuff we couldn't get to otherwise. Coming to you straight from the documents themselves! Brief of appellant Case no:...
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![In Brief: State joins defense in challenging special prosecutor appointment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_507f90af95094bb1808cf96731caeb20~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_507f90af95094bb1808cf96731caeb20~mv2.webp)
Oct 15, 2024
In Brief: State joins defense in challenging special prosecutor appointment
With no additional explanation, the circuit court also granted V1’s request for a special prosecutor.
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![In Brief: Judge wrongly granted medication order, appeal argues](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_bc13c265962947c9b9329ecad9f7df26~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_bc13c265962947c9b9329ecad9f7df26~mv2.webp)
Oct 9, 2024
In Brief: Judge wrongly granted medication order, appeal argues
L.A.G. had been in-custody for over 200 days at the time of the hearing, which lessened the state’s interest in prosecution.
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Oct 4, 2024
"Dangerousness" not a reason for involuntary medication under competency law, court rules
A pretrial defendant's dangerous is not a reason, under the state law governing competency, to order involuntary medication for the...
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![The Roundup: An election recount appeal and a question of understanding](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_238,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.webp)
Sep 30, 2024
The Roundup: An election recount appeal and a question of understanding
"These three defective absentee ballots decided the election."
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![In Brief: Kaul challenges Legislature's intervention in election case](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_238,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.webp)
Sep 26, 2024
In Brief: Kaul challenges Legislature's intervention in election case
The Legislature's spending "included almost $2 million dollars in 2020 on involvement in election lawsuits against the Commission alone."
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![Decision in Brief: Sen. Cory Tomczyk loses defamation case](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_238,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.webp)
Sep 24, 2024
Decision in Brief: Sen. Cory Tomczyk loses defamation case
"Wausau Pilot published the second article at issue in this case, which identified Tomczyk as the individual who had used the slur. "
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![The Roundup: Two challenges to a state agency's authority](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_bc13c265962947c9b9329ecad9f7df26~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_bc13c265962947c9b9329ecad9f7df26~mv2.webp)
Sep 9, 2024
The Roundup: Two challenges to a state agency's authority
"These provisions are more astonishing for what they leave out. They say nothing about a warrant. They do not require probable cause."
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Sep 6, 2024
Mukwonago loses appeal in its effort to build a road where it promised a pond
"The plain language of that statute mandates that the land be used 'for the purposes therein expressed and no other.' ”
Sep 4, 2024
The Roundup: A voting case and a short-term rental ordinance appeal
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![Excluding ordinance violations from job protections would hurt poor, homeless, Legal Action argues](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)
Aug 31, 2024
Excluding ordinance violations from job protections would hurt poor, homeless, Legal Action argues
If the decision stands, "the line between prohibited and unprohibited discrimination will be drawn by law enforcement charging decisions."
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Aug 26, 2024
Judge erred in deciding youth was ambiguous in invoking right to remain silent, appeals court rules
"When he asked whether he can return to his pod, it was in a tone which suggested he was musing about the possibility."
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![Feds back League of Women Voters in absentee ballot case](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)
Aug 15, 2024
Feds back League of Women Voters in absentee ballot case
The statutory definition of "vote" confirms a broad interpretation is correct, they said.
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![In Brief: A less harmful meth and the state's burden of proof](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)
Aug 13, 2024
In Brief: A less harmful meth and the state's burden of proof
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Aug 5, 2024
The Roundup for Aug. 2, 2024: a divorce dilemma
More problematic is when a court guesses when a payor will retire and ending maintenance at that point.
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Aug 2, 2024
Appellate ruling on municipal ordinance arrests ignores law, 40 years of precedent, Supreme Court told
The appellate court ruled that "arrests" referred only to arrests for criminal offenses, not municipal offenses.
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Jul 26, 2024
In brief: challenging the appointment of a special prosecutor
Five of the paragraphs say that “[t]here have been allegations made.”
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Jul 24, 2024
The Roundup from July 23, 2024: state appeals order for new trial in sexual assault case
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Jul 2, 2024
In brief: the too-long arm of a game warden?
The case: State v John R. Phelan Case no.: 24AP777 Filed in: District IV, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Circuit Judge: W. Andrew Voigt,...
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Jul 1, 2024
The Roundup from June 27: the defendant's right to be present
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