These tables are derived from information contained in 361 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions that were turned up in a Nexis Uni search for decisions filed between September 1, 1930, and August 31, 1931.  The total of 361 decisions does not include various orders pertaining to petitions, motions, and disciplinary matters involving lawyers and judges. [Continue Reading…]

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

No decisions were filed this week (Winnebago County v. D.E.W. was dismissed as improvidently granted)–hence no change in the standings.

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

This week’s pair of decisions delivered a point to the Waivers from an amicus brief by von Briesen & Roper in Andrade v. City of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners—thereby moving the Waivers into a first-place tie with the Writs.

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The time has arrived for our annual estimate of the number of decisions that the justices will file by term’s end this summer.  With just a few months now remaining before that date, we can zero in quite precisely on a total that is stunningly unparalleled over a period covering not only recent decades but the entire 20^th century.  Even if we include two deadlocked (3-3) per curiam decisions from October^[1] and Dean Phillips v. Wisconsin Elections Commission,^[2] the term’s output will be nothing more than miniscule, as demonstrated by the graph.[Continue Reading…]

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

These tables are derived from information contained in 370 Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions that were turned up in a Nexis Uni search for decisions filed between September 1, 1931, and August 31, 1932.  The total of 370 decisions does not include various orders pertaining to petitions, motions, and disciplinary matters involving lawyers and judges. [Continue Reading…]

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

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