JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The courts may defer to an administrative agency only when a statute is ambiguous, even then deference is only permissive not mandatory. The court referred to Wisconsin and Utah Supreme Court judgements to show that they are not alone in revisiting their deference doctrine.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 19, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a dead woman’s earlier warnings that her husband may kill her can’t be used as evidence in his…

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JURIST

MAY 2, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Friday ruled that required bar dues for lawyers in Wisconsin are constitutional. File based his argument around two Supreme Court cases that seemingly contradict one another: Keller v. .”

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

A Wisconsin lawyer can’t use bankruptcy to avoid an order to pay the costs of an ethics proceeding against him, a federal appeals court ruled…

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Law 360

MARCH 3, 2023

A company that leases out aircraft owes the Wisconsin 5% sales tax on hourly rates charged to customers used to fund aircraft maintenance because the fees don't qualify as the sale of parts or maintenance, the state Supreme Court ruled.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 3, 2022

Plaintiff in this case filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin hospital resulting from an injury on hospital grounds. During discovery, plaintiff requested "all documents, communication.

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JURIST

JULY 17, 2021

Lathrop involved a similar freedom association challenge concerning mandatory Bar membership in the state of Wisconsin while Keller dealt with free speech. Stating that it was bound by this precedent, the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan rejected Taylor’s challenge on both grounds. .'”

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 20, 2021

Last year, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in McGirt v. The court thereby stripped Oklahoma state courts of jurisdiction over crimes committed by “any Indian” in “Indian country,” and bestowed the federal government with exclusive jurisdiction to try these crimes. Wisconsin v. Wisconsin v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. In Wisconsin, minors cannot possess short-barreled rifles under Section 941.28.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

Prosecutors had argued that the claim was spurious on the grounds that the teenager’s decision to bring an AR-15 to the protest made him an “initial aggressor” under Wisconsin law. He believed his life was in danger. If you’re the one who is threatening others, you lose the right to claim self-defense.”.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Facing termination, Groff chose to resign, and sued USPS in federal court for refusing to accommodate his religious beliefs and practices under Title VII. The trial court ruled for the Postal Service under Hardison , and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit affirmed. Van Linn v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

But relying on a Wisconsin law that limits punitive damages to either $200,000 or twice the compensatory damages award, the trial judge reduced the punitive damages award to $420 million. In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled in Harris v. On appeal, Tata challenged the amount of both awards.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of Chrystul Kizer, a teenage sex trafficking victim who is charged with killing her abuser, marking the next step in a years-long legal battle that could have national repercussions on the way that trafficking victims involved with serious crimes are treated, reports the Washington Post.

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JURIST

JUNE 22, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Tuesday upheld lifetime GPS monitoring for some convicted sex offenders in Wisconsin. ” The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit previously addressed lifetime GPS monitoring for convicted sex offenders in Belleau v. The plaintiffs in Braam v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin ruled 4-3 that the state legislature’s assembly district maps are unconstitutional under the Wisconsin Constitution on Wednesday and ordered new remedial maps to be drawn for the 2024 elections. Karofsky authored the majority opinion of the court. Justice Jill J.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Burke dismissed the government’s motion without prejudice, noting that a stay may be appropriate if the Eleventh Circuit or Supreme Court take up these cases. This case had already made its way up to the Eleventh Circuit when the court ruled that the ban could go into effect.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 22, 2023

“Wisconsin Supreme Court rules legislative maps unconstitutional, orders new boundaries for 2024 vote”: Molly Beck and Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

The district court ruled that Ex parte Young applied because Congress’ approval of the compact made it binding federal law. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit disagreed and barred the suit, seeing the compact as more akin to an agreement that New Jersey could — and did — renounce. In Polk County, Wisconsin v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Courts have repeatedly found the Biden administration to be engaging in racial discrimination in such programs. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that racial discrimination does not become good policy despite being carried out with the best of motivations. In 1989, in City of Richmond v. Croson Co. , The public agrees.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Tamara Loertscher arrived at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Aug. The Taylor County Department of Human Services had issued a request for temporary physical custody under Wisconsin Act 292, dubbed the Unborn Child Protection Act. 1, 2014 despondent. Severe hypothyroidism fueled her anguish.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

It is not allowed to simply ignore the law to seek its own criminal justice rules. The Rittenhouse jury faithfully applied the Wisconsin law and came to a well-founded verdict of acquittal. Finally, Wisconsin is a “modified comparative negligence” state. The court received the money on behalf of Rittenhouse.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. Some, as noted above, have even banned the practice at common law, though state courts have increasingly relaxed those rules in favor of regulation. [23]

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In 2008, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. The high court has been carefully waiting for just the right case to address states and cities that have sought to limit gun rights. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f)

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 30, 2023

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Hunter “Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. 427-448 Neels, Jan L. (eds.), Liber Amicorum Natalia Ivanovna Marysheva, pp. David Walker (dir.),

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 20, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 4, 2023

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Hunter “Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. 427-448 Neels, Jan L. (eds.), Liber Amicorum Natalia Ivanovna Marysheva, pp. David Walker (dir.),

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 31, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 21, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. Meier, Niklaus. Notification as a Ground for Refusal”, Netherlands International Law Review (NILR) 67 (2020), pp 81-95.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ratification of the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters”, Wisconsin International Law Review 38 (2021), pp. Hunter “Codifying Comity: The Case for U.S. 427-448 Neels, Jan L. (eds.), Liber Amicorum Natalia Ivanovna Marysheva, pp. David Walker (dir.),

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

A detective from Wisconsin told him that he’d hung the slogan up on his office wall. Like most states, Michigan courts’ rules for evidence — adopted from the Daubert standard, which was named after a Supreme Court decision issued almost 30 years ago — say trial judges are responsible for making sure expert testimony has a reliable foundation.

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