DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law

Construction cases head to Supreme Court

Published: December 27, 2012
Tags: Mark Showers, Musson Brothers, Paul Davis Restoration, Red-D-Mix Concrete, Showers Appraisals, Supreme Court, United Concrete & Construction

Government immunity for private contractors, uncollectable legal judgments and “puffery” are at the core of three construction-related cases headed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Families can’t sue over loan discount fee, court rules

Published: May 24, 2012
Tags: 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Antonia Scalia, Justice Antonia Scalia, mortgage, Quicken Loans Inc., SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate.

State Supreme Court to rule in plumbing dispute

Published: May 1, 2012
Tags: Best Price Plumbing, lawsuit, Supreme Court, Willtrim Group

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to decide Thursday whether a Waukesha plumbing contractor is entitled to direct payment from an insurance company for work at a vacant rental property.

Court sides with property owners over EPA

Published: March 21, 2012
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Supreme Court, wetlands

The Supreme Court has sided with an Idaho couple in a property rights case, ruling they can go to court to challenge an Environmental Protection Agency order that blocked construction of their new home and threatened fines of more than $30,000 a day.

Barge fight still afloat after Supreme Court ruling (UPDATE)

Published: February 28, 2012
Tags: barge, Basil Ryan, eminent domain, Marquette Interchange, Supreme Court, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

An eight-year fight between the state and a former Milwaukee storage yard owner over a sunken barge is going back to the courthouse where it all began.

Court considers special union fees

Published: January 18, 2012
Tags: Knox v. Service Employees International Union Local 1000, SEIU, Service Employees International Union, Supreme Court

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appear poised to issue a split decision in a case considering what notice non-union state workers must receive before being assessed a special fee that will pay for political efforts. But a preliminary issue might keep the court from reaching the merits of the case.

Sick leave group calls out Supreme Court justice

Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: 9to5 Milwaukee, 9to5 National Association of Working Women, sick leave, Supreme Court

Another ethics complaint has been filed against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, claiming free services he received from a law firm violated state law.

High court blocks states’ climate change lawsuit (UPDATE)

Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: American Electric Power, Clean Air Act, Duke Energy, emissions, EPA, Natural Resources Defense Council, Supreme Court, Wisconsin Department of Administration, Xcel Energy

By  MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court blocked a federal lawsuit Monday by states and conservation groups trying to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The court said that the authority to seek reductions in emissions rests with the Environmental Protection Agency, not the courts. The ruling was [...]

Republicans ask justices to act in union case

Published: June 6, 2011
Tags: collective bargaining, Ismael Ozanne, lawsuit, Maryann Sumi, Scott Walker, Supreme Court, unions

By  TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys for Republican lawmakers asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a judge’s order blocking the state’s polarizing union rights law, while Democrats urged the justices to uphold the ruling or make the GOP go through the usual — and slow — appeals process. [...]