Wisconsin Supreme Court Statistics, 2007-2008

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

Wisconsin Supreme Court Statistics, 2008-2009

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

Wisconsin Supreme Court Statistics, 2009-2010

The following tables are derived from information contained in 58 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2009, and August 31, 2010.  This total does not include rulings pertaining to recusal motions and matters arising from the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, the Office of Lawyer Regulation, and the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility.  Nor does it include Ehlinger v. Hauser—in which Justice Crooks did not participate, and three other justices concurred in part and dissented in part.  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

Wisconsin Supreme Court Statistics, 2010-2011

The following tables are derived from information contained in 58 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2010, and August 31, 2011. This total of 58 decisions does not include three per curiam decisions (Polsky v. Virnich; Phillips v. U.S. Bank Nat’l Ass’n; and Metro. Milwaukee Ass’n of Commerce, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee), each of which 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

Wisconsin Supreme Court Statistics, 2011-2012

The following tables are derived from information contained in 60 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions filed between September 1, 2011, and August 31, 2012.  This total of 60 decisions does not include one per curiam decision (Wis. Prosperity Network v. Myse) 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