In 1995, Randa ruled that the 1994
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act was unconstitutional in banning "nonviolent, physical obstruction of reproductive health services clinics". He ruled that Congress could not use its constitutional authority under the
Commerce Clause to regulate abortion protests, "a private activity wholly intrastate in character, non-violent by description and definition, without any commercial aspect, the control of which historically and traditionally rested within the domain of local and state authorities, and which has no direct effect on
interstate commerce but instead affects an activity found by Congress to be within 'the stream of interstate commerce ...'" His ruling was reversed by the
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In 2001, Randa ruled that children in foster care have enforceable federal rights to a speedy adoption and can sue a state for failing to make them legally available for adoption as required under the
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA). The ruling in
Jeanine B v. McCallum was the first court ruling to fully examine the rights of children to sue under ASFA and whether those federal rights impose binding obligations on a state. In 2009, in
Flying J. v. Van Hollen, Randa ruled that Wisconsin's minimum markup of 9.18% on gasoline as required by the
Unfair Sales Act was unconstitutional. Randa ruled that this provision creates an illegal
restraint of trade in violation of the
Sherman Antitrust Act, and that the illegal restraint was not actively supervised by the State. Randa enjoined the State from further enforcement of the law. The
Wisconsin Attorney General at that time
J.B. Van Hollen announced he would not appeal the decision. The Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association ("WPMCA") moved to intervene post-judgment and to appeal Randa's ruling. In 2010 the
7th Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Randa's decision and found Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act to be constitutional. Also in 2009, Randa ordered that prison officials in Wisconsin's primary female correctional facility,
Taycheedah Correctional Institution, make significant changes in the distribution and administration of medication to prisoners. Randa ordered the state to begin using licensed practical nurses or medical personnel with equivalent training to distribute and administer prescriptions, instead of using correctional officers. He also ordered that medication must be dispensed and administered in a timely, accurate, and reliable manner. In 2010, Randa ruled that a
bond indenture agreement executed by the
Lake of the Torches Economic Development Corporation was void because it was a gaming facility management contract unapproved by the
National Indian Gaming Commission. As a consequence, the waiver of the corporation's
sovereign immunity in the indenture was also void, so Randa dismissed an action to enforce the indenture for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. On appeal, the Seventh Circuit agreed that the indenture was an unapproved management contract, but remanded for further proceedings to determine whether any collateral documents could support the waiver of sovereign immunity. In 2014, Randa ordered that evidence collected by prosecutors in a campaign finance investigation regarding alleged unlawful "coordination" by advocacy groups opposing the 2012 recall election of Wisconsin Governor
Scott Walker be destroyed and the probe be halted. One day later, a
7th Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued a stay of his ruling on procedural grounds, returning the case to Randa to determine whether the prosecutors' motions are frivolous. On October 14, 2014, Randa issued a preliminary injunction, directing Milwaukee County District Attorney
John T. Chisholm and the state Government Accountability Board to not enforce a controversial section of Wisconsin campaign finance law, which he ruled was in contravention of the
First Amendment. Eight days later, on October 22, Randa extended his temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the law until November 12. He issued the original order on October 14 and it would have expired on October 28 without further action. Randa set oral arguments in the case for October 31, 2014. The lawsuit challenging the law was filed by Citizens for Responsible Government Advocates. ==Death==