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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: 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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![In Brief: Ozanne to SCOW — Urmanski misconstrues abortion laws](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)
Sep 15, 2024
In Brief: Ozanne to SCOW — Urmanski misconstrues abortion laws
"This Court cannot and should not countenance differences among district attorneys in the meaning of a particular criminal statute."
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![Judge erred in deciding youth was ambiguous in invoking right to remain silent, appeals court rules](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)
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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![A few hard health-or-death decisions about women don't invalidate abortion law: Sheboygan County DA Urmanski](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 21, 2024
A few hard health-or-death decisions about women don't invalidate abortion law: Sheboygan County DA Urmanski
" 'Some uncertainty at the margins does not condemn a statute.' "
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![The Roundup for Aug. 2, 2024: a divorce dilemma](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 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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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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Mar 13, 2024
Summary: Challenging Covid-era trial delays
Even shorter than the case "briefs" I've been posting, these summaries - lifted straight from appeals documents - allow me to cover even...
Sep 25, 2023
Is Wisconsin serious about nomination paper requirements or not?
Read the full document for much more on the case. State Rep. Paul Melotik (R-Grafton) filed dozens of flawed nomination papers in his...
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