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![The Roundup: Are "god complex" and "woke lunatic" defamatory? Plus, insurance companies and stolen data](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 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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!["Dangerousness" not a reason for involuntary medication under competency law, 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)
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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![In Brief: Chisholm to SCOW — DAs need clarity on abortion law](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 14, 2024
In Brief: Chisholm to SCOW — DAs need clarity on abortion law
DA Chisholm is one of those district attorneys and believes the law needs to be settled by this Court.
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![In Brief: New briefs filed in SCOW abortion case — First up, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul](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 13, 2024
In Brief: New briefs filed in SCOW abortion case — First up, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul
Is it lawful for physicians to perform an abortion that is not necessary to save the pregnant woman from dying or is doing so a felony?
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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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![In brief: Drunk driving with a gun is not OK: Appeal](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)
May 21, 2024
In brief: Drunk driving with a gun is not OK: Appeal
The circuit court noted that the state had a burden to show 'distinctly similar' laws from the time of the founding.
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![Summary: State appeals grant of plea withdrawal in Packing House theft 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)
Apr 23, 2024
Summary: State appeals grant of plea withdrawal in Packing House theft case
Even shorter than the case "briefs" I've been posting, these summaries - lifted straight from appeals documents - allow me to cover even...
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![Appeals court upholds new trial ordered "in the interest of justice" in county bus death 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)
Apr 1, 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...
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![In Brief: Judge biased in sentencing driver who who killed two while fleeing gunman, appeal says](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)
Mar 27, 2024
In Brief: Judge biased in sentencing driver who who killed two while fleeing gunman, appeal says
"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full and these...
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![Appeals court win for open records: Glendale must turn over licensee information](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4a6f08795ba647bb9a377906e386ccbe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4a6f08795ba647bb9a377906e386ccbe~mv2.webp)
Mar 6, 2024
Appeals court win for open records: Glendale must turn over licensee information
The mere possibility of identity theft is "insufficient to overcome the strong public interest in disclosure" of information about a...
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![Court of Appeals: State snoozes and snoozes and then loses in car theft 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)
Feb 7, 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...
Dec 23, 2023
Appeal in brief: Is it OK for a judge to suggest to a prosecutor that he try a different charge?
"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full. These "in...
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