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This category contains articles regarding case law decided by the courts of Wisconsin. Pages in category "Wisconsin state case law" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Before the 2020 cycle, the Wisconsin Supreme Court had only handled redistricting one time, in 1964. Cases came to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1982, 1992, and 2002, but the state court deferred in each of those cases, since federal law and federal court procedure had better tools for handling the map-making process. [3]
The website displays the case information entered into the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) case management system by court staff in the counties where the case files are located. The court record summaries provided by the system are all public records under Wisconsin open records law sections 19.31-19.39 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
State courts of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Supreme Court (7 justices) [1] Wisconsin Court of Appeals (4 districts, 16 judges) [2] Wisconsin Circuit Court (9 judicial administrative districts (1-5; 7-10), 69 circuits, 261 judges) [3] Wisconsin Municipal Courts [4] Federal courts located in Wisconsin. United States District Court for the Eastern ...
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews contested decisions of the Wisconsin circuit courts. The Court of Appeals was created in August 1978 [ 1 ] to alleviate the Wisconsin Supreme Court's rising number of appellate cases.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest and final court of appeals in the state judicial system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.In addition to hearing appeals of lower Wisconsin court decisions, the Wisconsin Supreme Court also has the option to take original jurisdiction of cases, and serves as a regulator and administrator of judicial conduct and the practice of law in Wisconsin.
In 1980, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (WDR) decided that the in-state activities of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company in selling and supplying retailers with chewing gum exceeded limits defined by Congress in 1961 that exempted foreign corporations from franchise and income taxes in a state as long as their activities were limited to soliciting customers.
The Wisconsin circuit courts are the general trial courts in the state of Wisconsin. There are currently 69 circuits in the state, divided into 9 judicial administrative districts. Circuit court judges hear and decide both civil and criminal cases. Each of the 249 circuit court judges are elected and serve six-year terms. [1]