By Scott Anders Dolan Media Newswires Among the many important decisions from the most recent U.S. Supreme Court session was the latest statement on governmental takings in land and development. With this recent ruling in Koontz v. St. Johns River ...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The ongoing controversy over Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s allegations that Justice David Prosser choked her during an argument June 13 ballooned to new heights Thursday when an inflatable balloon intended to bear a resemblance to Prosser made its way to ...

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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 ...

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