Wisconsin Supreme Court
Recent News About Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Supreme court cash pours into Wisconsin from wealthy coastal liberal superdonors
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - More than 60 Democrat donors on the coasts - two of whom have welcomed Barack Obama to their home for a six-figure-per-plate fundraiser - threw $330,501 into the Midwest to support liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz in the weeks before her February primary. -
Bribery allegations fly as libs try to take Wisconsin Supreme Court majority
Wisconsin Takes Action is allegedly offering residents up to $250 to vote liberal -
Balance of Wisconsin Supreme Court hinges on April 4 election
Conservative Dan Kelly advanced out of the Feb. 21 primary -
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate fights soft-on-crime allegations
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz' record as a Milwaukee County judge has drawn the scrutiny of conservative critics who highlight a pair of egregious sex crimes where she handed down light sentences. -
Injured utility worker can sue over pole-lifting tongs
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Ruling for the first time on a products liability statute passed in 2011, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said a utility worker can sue the company that made the tongs he used to lift a telephone pole that fell and injured him. -
Wisconsin restaurants lose key COVID ruling over insurance
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin restaurants that were prohibited from providing in-person dining during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown can’t access insurance policies that protected against business losses due to physical damage or “contamination,” the state’s highest court ruled. -
Wrongful death law protecting health care providers no help to company that operates hospital
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – A company that operates a nursing home in Wisconsin can’t hide behind legal protections for those types of facilities from wrongful death lawsuits. -
Glock-toting Wisconsin judge suspended by Wisconsin Supreme Court; Dissenters blame fear of guns
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A judge who repeatedly berated defendants and twice brandished a Glock handgun in his courtroom deserved sanctions for his behavior, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. -
Families in Wis. county likely to succeed in getting kids back to school, despite stay-home order
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – Wisconsin’s highest court won’t keep Dane County kids out of their classrooms while a challenge to one of the county’s health orders continues. -
Trial lawyers get win in slip-and-fall case that reached Wisconsin Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has given slip-and-fall plaintiffs a boost, ruling that they don’t need to pinpoint the exact moment a liquid is spilled – only that it was there long enough that the defendant had constructive notice of the spill. -
Court: Wisconsin skirted law when shutting down state
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – Wisconsin’s lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic has been overruled by the state Supreme Court, which has ruled officials didn’t follow the proper steps when implementing it. -
Dem-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate fails to stop TV ads as voters go to polls
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – A Wisconsin judge has declined a request by a liberal-leaning candidate seeking to unseat a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in today's apparently-going-ahead primary election to block political ads she claims falsify her prosecutorial record. -
In Wisconsin legal reform debate, GOP lawmakers split from party while lobbyist firm with corporate clients stumps for trial lawyers
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – As Wisconsin Republicans and their governor push a legal reform agenda that includes a bill that would reform the state’s electronic discovery and class action rules, a lobbying firm seeking to derail it on behalf of the state's trial lawyers may be at odds on this one with other clients it has represented. -
Wis. SC won't go easy on lawyer arrested for helping inmate make shanks, pepper spray
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has refused to reduce the punishment on a lawyer previously arrested for allegedly giving his imprisoned client materials to make pepper spray and shanks. -
Seventh Circuit to address alleged civil rights violations in Wisconsin's controversial John Doe raids
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) –The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is considering the appeal in a Wisconsin civil rights case brought by Cindy Archer, former assistant to Gov. Scott Walker. Walker was the target of two John Doe investigations by Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisolm in 2010 and 2011. -
Wisconsin court dismisses defamation suit naming Megyn Kelly as defendant
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a defamation suit filed by a firefighter naming former Fox News host Megyn Kelly as a defendant. -
Legal wrangling over Wis. DA’s probe into Walker recall campaign continues; nonprofit targeted by investigation files class action against prosecutor
The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, one of the targets of Milwaukee County District Attorney Mike Chisholm’s “John Doe” investigation, claims the district attorney, his employees and some state board staffers illegally seized the institute’s digital records during the now-stalled criminal probe that alleged “illegal coordination” of campaign funding by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and 29 independent nonprofits. -
Wis. SC says Hormel employees should be compensated for time putting on protective attire
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) – The Wisconsin Supreme Court in March upheld a decision clarifying the circumstances under which employees can be compensated for time spent donning and doffing under Wisconsin’s minimum wage and overtime laws. -
Walker appoints state Appeals Court judge to Wis. SC
Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge Rebecca Bradley, who decided to run for Justice N. Patrick Crooks’ seat on the high court prior to her appointment, will now serve in the deceased justice’s place until his current term ends July 31, 2016. -
Walker looks to fill open seat on Wis. SC
The governor argues there is precedent for appointing someone to fill the seat left behind by Justice N. Patrick Crooks, who died last week.