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While many parts of the law will impact the inner workings of the alcohol industry, consumers may still see some changes.
At least two municipalities in Wisconsin prohibited the retail sale of alcohol until recently: the city of Sparta, [10] [11] and the village of Ephraim. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In the April 1, 2014, Wisconsin spring election, voters in Sparta narrowly passed a referendum to allow the sale of beer and wine in groceries and convenience stores.
In the April 5, 2011 Wisconsin spring election, Sparta voted for the seventh time not to change restrictions on the sale of beer and liquor in the city. [151] In the April 1, 2014 Wisconsin spring election, the voters narrowly approved the sale of wine and beer in groceries and convenience stores. Liquor sales remain banned in the city. [152]
Wisconsin case law has said that even if the information may be harmful to an individual's reputation or privacy, that is not sufficient to allow a judge to seal a court record. Those who feel their safety is at risk may petition the court to remove their addresses from the online record of a non-criminal case.
The bill fundamentally alters Wisconsin's complicated system governing the making, distribution and sales of alcoholic beverages. Gov. Tony Evers signs sweeping overhaul of Wisconsin alcohol ...
Persons subject to social-host liability in civil actions are typically those that provided alcohol to the obviously intoxicated social guests who subsequently are involved in vehicle crashes or other activities causing death or injury to third parties, or to minors who are injured as a result of intoxication that results from service of ...
Intoxication may serve as a defense against proving more specific forms of intent. If so, its potential effectiveness will sometimes hinge on whether the defendant's intoxication was voluntary or involuntary : the defense would be denied defendants who had voluntarily disabled themselves by knowingly consuming an intoxicating substances, but ...
Selling, serving and giving alcohol to a minor is a class 4 felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison, [106] except when "a parent, legal guardian or adult spouse of a minor serves alcoholic beverages to that minor on real property, other than licensed premises, under the control of the parent, legal guardian or adult spouse", [107] or for ...