Louis Butler, the first black man to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, announced on Monday that he plans to retire from full-time legal practice by the end of July.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet took the oath of office at the state Capitol on Monday in a ceremony attended by four of the other six justices.

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Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler will be the keynote speaker for the University of Wisconsin Law School’s hooding ceremony.

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Since 1999, the American Bar Association’s model code for judicial conduct has set limits on how much judges can receive from the parties or lawyers in a particularly case before having to recuse themselves.

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More than 50 retired jurists are making a reasonable request of the state Supreme Court: Set a "bright line" for judges to step down from cases that involve a party who has made a campaign contribution to that judge.

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A prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to reopen his lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law, contending a justice who voted to dismiss the suit earlier this year got free legal help from the firm defending the law.

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The Milwaukee-based law firm of Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP confirmed Tuesday that former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler Jr. will be joining the firm, starting Thursday. Butler, a University of Wisconsin Law School grad, served as an assistant ...

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By Todd Richmond Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Everything was going according to plan for state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. He emerged from a four-way primary in February as the top vote-getter by far. His surviving challenger, little-known ...

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After two failed nominations to the federal bench, attorneys and judges in the Western District of Wisconsin are wondering if the third time is the charm for former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler.

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