Former state Sen. Hopper wins drunken driving appeal
Former state Sen. Randy Hopper has won a case in state appeals court related to his 2011 arrest for drunken driving.
View ArticleAppeals court: Manure isn’t pollutant under policy
A Wisconsin appeals court says manure isn't a pollutant as defined in an insurance policy.
View ArticleJustices to hear voter ID cases next month
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in two cases challenging the state's voter photo identification law for next month.
View ArticleState Supreme Court to hear voter ID arguments
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a pair of lawsuits challenging the state's voter photo identification law.
View ArticleCourt reverses interlocking homicide convictions
A state appeals court has ordered new trials for two men convicted in a Kenosha homicide five years ago.
View ArticleState’s slashing of early release options violated ex post facto law prohibition
Prohibitions against ex post facto laws are supposed to protect defendants from changes in the laws that increase punishment after a crime has been committed or sentencing has occurred, according to...
View ArticleAppeals court finds warrantless GPS tracking OK
A state appeals court says Wisconsin police were within their rights to place GPS trackers on cars before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled they need warrants.
View ArticleSheboygan Wal-Mart shooter loses appeal
A Sheboygan man convicted of fatally shooting a man outside of a Wal-Mart store has lost his appeal.
View ArticleAppeals court reinstates Neenah teachers’ lawsuit
A Wisconsin appeals court judge has reinstated a class-action lawsuit filed by more than 250 Neenah teachers seeking to recover more than $61 million in post-retirement benefits.
View ArticleJudge won’t release Schimel tapes before election (UPDATE)
A judge on Monday decided against releasing videos of Republican attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel speaking at training seminars while the judge's earlier decision ordering them to be made public...
View ArticleCourt: Debt settlement company must give up $4.2M in fees
A state appeals court says a hearing examiner properly ordered a debt settlement company to give up $4.2 million in fees and pay nearly $2 million in forfeitures because it was operating without a...
View ArticleCourt: Man illegally taped encounter with naked prostitute (UPDATE)
An appeals court says a man was properly convicted of videotaping a sexual encounter with a naked prostitute.
View ArticleAppeals court invalidates portion of DNA surcharge
An appellate court has invalidated statutes that required misdemeanor convicts to pay a DNA surcharge before they had to submit an actual sample.
View ArticleAppeals court says Schimel must release training videos (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel must make public a pair of law enforcement training videos he made before being elected and that Democrats say show him making inappropriate comments, a state...
View ArticleCourt: Judge properly tossed gay couple’s parental request (UPDATE)
A judge properly dismissed a same-sex couple's request for a declaration that one of them is the legal parent of the other's child, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
View ArticleCourt upholds mother’s conviction in sexual assault case
An appeals court has upheld the conviction of an Ozaukee County mother who sat by while her husband sexually assaulted her 12-year-old daughter.
View ArticleAppeals court finds warrantless GPS tracking OK
A state appeals court says Wisconsin police were within their rights to place GPS trackers on cars before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled they need warrants.
View ArticleSheboygan Wal-Mart shooter loses appeal
A Sheboygan man convicted of fatally shooting a man outside of a Wal-Mart store has lost his appeal.
View ArticleAppeals court reinstates Neenah teachers’ lawsuit
A Wisconsin appeals court judge has reinstated a class-action lawsuit filed by more than 250 Neenah teachers seeking to recover more than $61 million in post-retirement benefits.
View ArticleJudge won’t release Schimel tapes before election (UPDATE)
A judge on Monday decided against releasing videos of Republican attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel speaking at training seminars while the judge's earlier decision ordering them to be made public...
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