No decisions were filed this week–hence no change in the standings.

These tables are derived from information contained in 235 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions that were turned up in a Nexis-Uni search for decisions filed between September 1, 1960, and August 31, 1961.  The total of 235 decisions does not include rulings arising from various petitions, motions, applications and the like (generally disposed of without oral argument and in short per curiam decisions).

The list of cases returned by Nexis-Uni included two entries for Kraus v. Mueller (12 Wis. 2d 430)—the first decision filed on February 7, 1961, and the second on March 4, 1961 (which vacated the earlier mandate and remanded the case with new instructions).  I included only the March 4 decision in the following tables.

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic in 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

The Gavels of the State Public Defender’s Office showed no signs of relenting in the early spring offensive that they launched last week.  On Thursday they added 10 points to their league-leading total by means of a brief, oral argument, and favorable outcome in State v. Mark D. Jensen.

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The creation in 2015 of Wisconsin’s Office of the Solicitor General drew vigorous reaction across the political spectrum, for much of the new office’s caseload consisted of challenges to policies of the Obama administration.  Established by the state’s Republican Attorney General (Brad Schimel) during the administration of Republican Governor Scott Walker, the solicitor general’s office was described by Republicans as an essential tool for safeguarding state independence from federal overreach.  “Attorney General Schimel’s interest in joining multistate lawsuits that protect the powers constitutionally delegated to the states is also the people’s interest,” explained Johnny Koremenos, a spokesman for the Walker administration. “There’s nothing frivolous about protecting and preserving the rule of law.”^[1]  [Continue Reading…]

This past week the Gavels of the State Public Defender’s Office added 16 points to their league-leading total (with a brief, oral argument and a 3-3 decision in Portage County v. E. R. R. and a brief, oral argument, and favorable decision in State v. Anthony James Jendusa).  Meanwhile, Reinhart Boerner Van Duren delivered a point to the Waivers with an amicus brief in Portage County v. E. R. R.

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No decisions were filed this week—hence, no change in the standings.

These tables are derived from information contained in 238 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions that were turned up in a Nexis Uni search for decisions filed between September 1, 1961, and August 31, 1962.  The total of 238 decisions does not include rulings arising from various petitions, motions, applications and the like (generally disposed of without oral argument and in short per curiam decisions).^[1]

The tables are available as a complete set and by individual topic in the subsets listed below.  Justice Gordon replaced Justice Martin in January of 1962, and Justice Wilkie replaced Justice Broadfoot in May—which is why nine justices appear in the following tables.

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

[1] Among the omitted items is In re Estate of Todd, a brief deadlocked per curiam decision.

This week Godfrey & Kahn delivered 10 points to the Citations for a brief, oral argument, and favorable outcome in Ted Ritter v. Tony Farrow—thereby propelling the Citations into a tie with the Affirmed for second place.

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No decisions were filed this week–hence, no change in the standings.

This week’s decisions enabled the Gavels of the State Public Defender’s Office to pad their lead slightly, with five points for a brief and oral argument in Waupaca County v. K.E.K.

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