Appealing Wisconsin

Two of the state's most conservative appellate judges, Shelley Grogan and Maria Lazar. sitting on the most state's conservative...

The mere possibility of identity theft is "insufficient to overcome the strong public interest in disclosure" of information about a...

"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full and these...

The state Supreme Court should overturn a ruling that allows employers to discriminate in hiring based on arrests for civil municipal...

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...

A Milwaukee County judge's decision to dismiss a delinquency petition against an alleged car thief because the prosecutor repeatedly...

The State Court of Appeals this week rejected a request that the court recognize the so-called canine "instinct exception" to the U.S....

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...

"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full. These "in...

Court records identifying people found illegible to vote due to mental incompetency are public records and should be released to the...

"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full. These "in...

WMC is one of two parties filing amicus briefs in this case. I will post on Legal Action of Wisconsin's brief soon. The educational...

From the Wisconsin Law Journal story: In the latest court of appeals ruling, the court cited Wisconsin wetland permit statutes that...

The revelation that a Milwaukee police detective used a false confession to win a homicide case should be grounds for a new trial for a...

A jailer concerned about the mental health of a jail inmate did not violate the man's rights by listening as he incriminated himself in...

Federal rules granting the American Transmission Company broad immunity from lawsuits protect it even when company negligence results in...

The City of Milwaukee cannot cancel JusticePoint's contract while JusticePoint fights a Milwaukee County Circuit Court decision allowing...

A Milwaukee County judge erred when he ordered a restitution amount without any evidence to back it up, the Court of Appeals ruled...

A Kenosha County judge held a felony plea hearing on Zoom without ever telling the defendant he had the right to appear in person,...

A man is challenging a Kenosha County judge's order that he maintain absolute sobriety during his supervised release even though neither...