Friday, May 26, 2006

Decision in 'Wisconsin Auto Title Loans, Inc. v. Jones' 2006 WI 53

The Wisconsin Supreme Court today issued its decision in this case (2003AP2457) affirming the Court of Appeals, 2005 WI App 86.
Opinion by Chief Justice Abrahamson, with Justices Bradley and Prosser
Concurrence by Justice Butler, with Justice Crooks
Dissent by Justice Roggensack, with Justice Wilcox


CJ Abrahamson and “Judicial Empathy", by Daniel Suhr, The Triumvirate, December 24, 2008

Thursday, May 25, 2006

'Mueller v. McMillian Warner Insurance Company' 2006 WI 54

The Wisconsin Supreme Court today issued its decision in this case (2005AP121) affirming the Court of Appeals, 2005 WI App 210, 704 N.W.2d 613.
Opinion by Chief Justice Abrahamson for a unanimous court


The Supreme Court Examines Good Samaritan Immunity, by Paul E. David of Wendorff, Ellison & David LLP, Wisconsin Civil Trial Journal, Winter 2008

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

'State v. Fisher' 2006 WI 44

On May 17, 2006 the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued its decision in this case (2004AP2989-CR) reversing the Court of Appeals [unpublished opinion].
Opinion by Justice Bradley, joined by Chief Justice Abrahamson and Justices Prosser and Butler
Dissent by Justice Crooks, joined by Justices Wilcox and Roggensack

See A Court Unbound? The Recent Jurisprudence of the Wisconsin Supreme Court (2007) by Rick Esenberg, pp. 13-14