The following tables are derived from information contained in 61 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2008, and August 31, 2009.  This total does not include one per curiam decision (Polsky v. Virnich) that yielded a 3-3 vote.  Nor does it include decisions pertaining to matters arising from the Office of Lawyer Regulation and the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility.  The decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov/

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

The following tables are derived from information contained in 68 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2007, and August 31, 2008.  This total of 68 decisions does not include (1) decisions arising from matters pertaining to the Wisconsin Judicial Commission and the Office of Lawyer Regulation; (2) a per curiam denial of a motion to vacate a decision relating to the disqualification of a justice (Storms v. Action Wis. Inc.); (3) two per curiam denials of motions for reconsideration (Estate of Szleszinski v. Labor & Indus. Review Comm’n and State v. Grady); and (4) two 3-3 per curiam decisions (Heikkinen v. United Servs. Auto. Ass’n and Wis. Realtors Ass’n v. Town of West Point ).  The decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov/

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

The following tables are derived from information contained in 67 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2006, and August 31, 2007. This total of 67 decisions does not include (1) decisions arising from matters pertaining to the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, the Office of Lawyer Regulation, and the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility; (2) Green v. State Elections Bd., in which the parties agreed that the case be dismissed, and the Court so ordered; and (3) rulings on motions for reconsideration. The decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website. http://wicourts.gov/

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

These tables are derived from information contained in 81 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2005, and August 31, 2006. The total of 81 decisions does not include the following items in the Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders for this period: (1) decisions arising from matters pertaining to the Office of Lawyer Regulation and the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility; (2) rulings on motions for reconsideration; and (3) orders regarding petitions for review. The decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov/

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

These tables are derived from information contained in 96 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2004, and August 31, 2005.  The total of 96 decisions does not include the following items in the Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders for this period: (1) decisions arising from lawyer-regulation matters; (2) rulings on motions for reconsideration and clarification; (3) orders requesting additional briefs; (4) review of a decision from the Board of Bar Examiners; and (5) two 3-3 decisions—Johnson v. Rogers Memorial Hospital., Inc. and Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. PSC of Wisconsin (per curiam).  The decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov/ 

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

These tables are derived from information contained in 83 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2003, and August 31, 2004.  The total of 83 decisions does not include the following items contained in the Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders for this period: (1) decisions arising from lawyer-regulation matters; and (2) orders arising from petitions for review.

In addition to the 83 decisions noted above, six deadlocked (3-3) per curiam decisions were filed: State v. Thornton; Lynch v. Carriage Ridge, LLC; St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Keltgen; Hoyme v. Brakken; GPS, Inc. v. Town of St. Germain; Dairyland Greyhound Park v. Doyle.  These are included only in the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.

The year under consideration also witnessed an unusual outcome in DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C. v. Galaxy Gaming & Racing, Ltd. P’ship.  Here, neither Justice Wilcox nor Justice Prosser participated; Justice Abrahamson dissented on one issue, while Justices Crooks and Sykes dissented on a different issue.  As a result, only two justices (Bradley and Roggensack) endorsed the “majority” opinion on all issues, and three did not.  I will include this case only in the “Opinions Authored” table, the “Days Between Oral Argument and Opinion Filing” table, and the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.  All of the decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov/

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies 

These tables are derived from information contained in 88 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2002, and August 31, 2003.  The total of 88 decisions does not include the following items contained in the Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders for this period: (1) decisions arising from lawyer-regulation matters; and (2) orders arising from petitions for review and motions for reconsideration.

In addition to the 88 decisions noted above, three deadlocked (3-3) per curiam decisions were filed: State v. Agnello; State v. Greer; and Wenke v. Gehl Co.  These are included only in the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.

The year under consideration also witnessed an unusual outcome in Digicorp, Inc. v. Ameritech Corp.  Here, Justices Abrahamson and Wilcox did not participate; Justices Bradley and Bablitch dissented; Justices Crooks and Prosser supported the “majority” opinion, and Justice Sykes concurred in part and dissented in part in an opinion that is difficult to categorize as either a concurrence or a dissent according to the guidelines that I follow in these circumstances.[1]  Consequently, I will include this case only in the “Days Between Oral Argument and Opinion Filing” table and the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.  All of the decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov/

These tables are derived from information contained in 86 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2001, and August 31, 2002.  The total of 86 decisions does not include the following items contained in the Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders for this period: (1) decisions arising from lawyer-regulation matters; and (2) orders arising from petitions for review, motions for reconsideration, and motions to vacate a decision.

In addition to the 86 decisions noted above, two deadlocked (3-3) per curiam decisions were filed: Servais v. Kraft Foods and S.J.A.J. v. First Things First.  These are included only in the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.

The year under consideration also witnessed an unusual outcome in Putnam v. Time Warner Cable of Southeastern Wisconsin.  Here, only Justices Bradley and Prosser supported the “majority” decision in its entirety.  Three justices (Crooks, Sykes, and Wilcox) dissented with regard to one part of the decision, and two justices (Abrahamson and Bablitch) directed their dissent at another portion of the decision.  Consequently, I will include this case only in the “Days Between Oral Argument and Opinion Filing” table and the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.  All of the decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov/

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

The following tables are derived from information contained in 91 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2000, and August 31, 2001.  In addition to these 91 decisions, two deadlocked (3-3) per curiam decisions were filed—State v. Bond and State ex rel. Marberry v. Macht—which figure only in the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.  The total of 91 decisions also does not include the following items contained in the Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders for this period: (1) decisions arising from disciplinary proceedings against judges and lawyers; and (2) orders pertaining to motions for reconsideration and motions to dissolve injunctions.  The decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website.  http://wicourts.gov

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

These tables are derived from information contained in 83 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 1999, and August 31, 2000.[1] The total of 83 decisions does not include the following items contained in the Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders for this period: (1) decisions arising from disciplinary proceedings against judges and lawyers; and (2) decisions on motions for reconsideration and petitions for review.

In addition to the 83 decisions noted above, five deadlocked (3-3) per curiam decisions were filed: State v. Thomas; State v. Strong; Douglas-Hanson Co. v. BF Goodrich Co.; Guzman v. St. Francis Hosp., Inc.; and State v. Longcore. These are included only in the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table.

The year under consideration also witnessed an unusual outcome in Vincent v. Voight. Here, only Justices Crooks and Wilcox supported, or at least concurred with, the “majority” decision, while the other five justices dissented with regard to one portion or another of this opinion. Consequently, I will include the case only in the “Days Between Oral Argument and Opinion Filing” table and the “Number of Oral Arguments Presented” table. All of the decisions may be found on the Wisconsin Court System website. http://wicourts.gov/

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic according to the subsets listed below.

Four-to-Three Decisions
Decisions Arranged by Vote Split
Frequency of Justices in the Majority
Distribution of Opinion Authorship
Frequency of Agreement Between Pairs of Justices
Average Time Between Oral Argument and Opinions Authored by Each Justice
Number of Oral Arguments Presented by Individual Firms and Agencies

[1] The Supreme Court’s listing of opinions and dispositional orders includes separate entries for two cases (State v. Orta and State v. Ruiz) that were decided by the same opinion—cited below as State v.Orta.