No. 2001, October 2001
Index
- 'Identity theft' statute does not require taking of property.
- Appeals court overturns judge's erroneous ruling.
- Arbitration ruling upheld despite conflicting law.
- Briefs: Assisted suicide not considered suicide+.
- Briefs: Client sues law firm for fraud disclosure+.
- Briefs: Coerced sterilization is rights violation+.
- Briefs: Court hears discrimination lawsuit+.
- Briefs: Defense atty. tells judge his client lied+.
- Briefs: Disabled man excluded from courtroom+.
- Briefs: Disabled man's rights at trial violated+.
- Briefs: Man fired after attempting suicide+.
- Briefs: Real estate atty. swindled by $150K check+.
- Briefs: Retired MN judges deny appellate review+.
- Briefs: West Group's bad faith ruling affirmed+.
- Briefs: WI Supreme Court justice to retire+.
- Corporate merger doesn't free employees from covenants.
- Court expands guests' 4th amendment protections.
- Court finds no confidentiality in patient assaults.
- Court upholds precautionary search of girl.
- Employee who wins bias suit can't subtract attorney fees in figuring AMT.
- Fruit of deficient building-inspection warrant need not be suppressed.
- If a plaintiff suborns perjury, trial judge can dismiss case, award fees.
- Judges, officials and lawyers apply for Wisconsin federal judgeship and U.S. Attorney positions.
- Law firms surprised by FTC's demand that they send out privacy notices.
- Making a home uninhabitable can constitute inverse condemnation.
- Mediation has advantages for stung investors.
- Mere warning to speeder does not set the stage for a lawful search.
- No warrant necessary to test lawfully-drawn blood.
- Panel of judges, attys. list their pet peeves.
- Prosser is Wisconsin Supreme Court's most centrist justice.
- Recess isn't recreation if it's mandatory, says Supreme Court.
- Regular-use exclusion bars recovery even with disparate households.
- Snowmobile parked in dark is still 'operating,' says Court of Appeals.
- Some of the legal highlights of the Wisconsin state budget.
- Vehicle covered by Canadian no-fault is not uninsured, but is underinsured.
- When a federal case switches circuits, question of proper service can be fought anew.
- WI Court of Appeals prohibits condominium-style ownership of boat slips.
- WI Court of Appeals rules auto insurer must pay for its absentmindedness.
- WI Court of Appeals rules drunk driver's blood test need not be conducted at a hospital.
- WI Court of Appeals rules evidence obtained during pat-down search must be suppressed.
- WI Court of Appeals rules fear for drunk teens allows a no-warrant search.
- WI Court of Appeals rules incarcerated payor cannot escape full child support obligation.
- WI Court of Appeals rules jury cannot be told whether defendant has insurance for punitives.
- Wisconsin Court of Appeals rules snowmobile parked in dark is still 'operating'.
- With heavy hearts, WI Supreme Court proceeds, hears arguments about deficient search warrants.
- Wrongful-death statute of limitations does not apply to a med-mal death.