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This category contains articles regarding case law decided by the courts of Wisconsin. Pages in category "Wisconsin state case law" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Richards v. Wisconsin, 529 U.S. 385 (1997), was a case before the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that the Fourth Amendment does not allow a blanket exception to the knock-and-announce rule for investigations of drug-related felonies.
The employer filed a motion to dismiss, and the Circuit Court of Dunn County, Wisconsin dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim, concluding that the employment-at-will doctrine's public policy exception, announced by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Brockmeyer v. Dun & Bradstreet (Wis. 1983), did not apply.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest and final court of appeals in the state judicial system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.In addition to hearing appeals of lower Wisconsin court decisions, the Wisconsin Supreme Court also has the option to take original jurisdiction of cases, and serves as a regulator and administrator of judicial conduct and the practice of law in Wisconsin.
Case history; Prior: On writ of certiorari to the Wisconsin Supreme Court: Holding; The union's concerted refusal to work overtime was peaceful conduct constituting activity that must be free of state regulation if the congressional intent in enacting the comprehensive federal law of labor relations is not to be frustrated.
Case history; Prior: Defendant was convicted of murder, and the conviction was affirmed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari. Holding; Invoking the Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not implicitly invoke rights secured by Miranda v. Arizona. Court membership; Chief Justice William Rehnquist ...
Consequently, this case serves as a significant example in American law education, illustrating the importance of intent within tort cases. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin heard the case on three separate occasions, with its opinions, especially the second one, becoming prominent in legal education materials on Damages and Torts. These opinions ...
Before the 2020 cycle, the Wisconsin Supreme Court had only handled redistricting one time, in 1964. Cases came to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1982, 1992, and 2002, but the state court deferred in each of those cases, since federal law and federal court procedure had better tools for handling the map-making process. [3]