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Pat Roggensack will continue leading the Wisconsin’s highest court.
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Chief justice calls for resistance to ‘tough talk’ challenging judiciary’s legitimacy
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack is calling on members of the legal community and others who understand how the courts work to push back against comments that challenge the legitimacy of the federal and state judiciary.
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Read More »Chief justice to give lecture on challenges to judiciary’s legitimacy
The leader of the state’s highest court will give a lecture about recent comments challenging the legitimacy of the judiciary.
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Read More »Winners and losers in Walker’s proposed budget
Gov. Scott Walker last week revealed his proposals for the 2017-2019 budget, which calls for more money for drug courts and pay progression for certain government lawyers while proposing eliminating certain review and advisory boards.
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Read More »High court to tackle business courts, conditional bar admission
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hold public hearings Thursday on proposals to set up business courts and change the rules governing conditional admissions to the State Bar.
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Read More »Parole Commission chair resigns to work for chief justice
The state's parole commission chair has resigned to work for the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Read More »Supreme Court chief proposes pay hikes
The Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice wants raises of more than $20,000 a year for herself and other judges, saying judicial pay in Wisconsin is among the lowest in the country.
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Read More »High court rules Racine apartment complex should get property tax refund
The owners of the Regency West Apartments in Racine are in for a tax refund after the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that city officials had affixed too high an assessment to their property.
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Read More »High court to launch trial run specializing in civil commercial litigation
By July, Wisconsin officials plan to be testing out special courts dedicated to handling solely business matters.
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Read More »High court asked to give business courts another try
A proposal before the Wisconsin Supreme Court calls for the state to experiment with setting up specialized courts that would deal primarily with large-claim business and commercial cases.
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Read More »No pay raise for judges in high court’s budget request
Despite recent calls for an increase in pay for state judges, the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently submitted a budget request with no requests for additional money for the coming biennium.
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Read More »DOJ argues against tape release
Law enforcement training videos featuring Attorney General Brad Schimel aren't subject to release under the open records law and doing so could tell pedophiles how to evade capture, Wisconsin's solicitor general told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Read More »Chief justice thanks bar for e-filing support
The state’s chief justice on Friday thanked Wisconsin’s lawyers for their support for implementing mandatory e-filing across the state.
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Read More »Chief justice to speak at BOG meeting
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack will speak at the April meeting of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Board of Governors.
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Read More »BENCH BLOG: Apartment parking garage is not curtilage
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a parking garage that lies beneath an apartment building and has locked entrances is not protected curtilage under the Fourth Amendment.
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Read More »ON THE DEFENSIVE: With pay progression, prosecutors and defenders should come before judges
In her State of the Judiciary Address, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Pat Roggensack promised that she will fight for higher judicial salaries when the Legislature begins work on the state’s next budget.
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Read More »Chief justice tells judges she’ll fight for higher salaries (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Pat Roggensack is telling the state's judges that she plans to lobby legislators to raise their salaries.
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Read More »Chief justice: Mandatory e-filing on the way
Mandatory e-filing will be coming soon to Wisconsin's court system, says Chief Justice Pat Roggensack.
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Read More »High court hears testimony on tribal court transfer rule
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard testimony Tuesday on a rule that now lets circuit courts transfer cases to tribal courts, as well as on a petition that would have the same rule repealed.
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Read More »BENCH BLOG: State Supreme Court keeps on truckin’
Can a jury consider the training and experience of a semi-trailer truck driver in determining his negligence? Is a commercially licensed truck driver held to higher standard of care when a semi-trailer is involved in a collision?
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Read More »Federal judge dismisses Abrahamson lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed Justice Shirley Abrahamson’s lawsuit alleging that her removal from the position of chief justice was a violation of her right to due process.
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Read More »State Supreme Court upholds wind turbine rules (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a rule that puts a maximum limit on restrictions local governments can place on wind power projects.
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Read More »With Roggensack in charge, high tension on state’s high court (UPDATE)
The tension during the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s first rules conference presided over by a new chief justice didn’t stop the court from getting down to business.
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Read More »BENCH BLOG: In first opinion as chief justice, Roggensack breaks little ground
In her first opinion identifying her as chief justice, Pat Roggensack merely applied known law rather than establishing or construing new law. She nonetheless wrote for a unanimous court.
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Read More »More fighting among Wisconsin Supreme Court members (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court members continue to disagree over how to run court.
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Read More »Emails show disputes continue on Supreme Court (UPDATE)
Even with a new chief justice, the disputes continue behind the scenes inside the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Read More »Roggensack has not talked to Abrahamson since switch
Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Pat Roggensack says "there's no chaos" on the state's highest court, and she has not spoken with former longtime Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson since she succeeded her.
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Read More »Roggensack presides as Wisconsin Supreme Court chief (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Pat Roggensack presided as chief justice for the first time on Monday after being elected by her colleagues to replace longtime Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.
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Read More »Judge: Roggensack to remain chief justice (UPDATE)
A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction to delay implementing the constitutional amendment that lets justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court select their leader.
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Read More »Roggensack says she doesn’t want to fight with justices (UPDATE)
Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Pat Roggensack said Tuesday that she doesn't want to pick a fight with the other justices, even though her selection as the court's leader is contested.
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