February 2011 arguments and hearings

Supreme Court unless otherwise indicated

Oral Argument Assignment for the Month of February 2011

February 1, 2011

9:45 a.m. State v. Funk (2008AP2765-CR)

10:45 a.m. State v. Harbor (2009AP1252-CR)

February 2, 2011

9:45 a.m. State v. Burris (2009AP956-CR)

10:45 a.m. Emjay Investment Company v. Village of Germantown (2009AP1714)

1:30 p.m. E-Z Roll Off, LLC v. County of Oneida (2009AP775)

February 3, 2011

9:30 a.m. State v. Jackson (2010AP678-CR)
Court of Appeals Dist. II, 2727 North Grandview Blvd., Waukesha

9:45 a.m. State v. Rhodes (2009AP25-CR)

10:45 a.m. Polsky v. Virnich (2007AP203)

1:30 p.m. Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Eisenberg (2009AP996-D)


Petitions scheduled for public hearing/open administrative conference

February 4, 2011

Court funds dispute set to spill into public arena


February 16, 2011

10:00 a.m. State v. Peralta (2010AP563-CR and 2010AP1334-CR)
Court of Appeals Dist. I, 633 W. Wisconsin Ave., #1400, Milwaukee

Supreme Court candidates mix it up in forum

Tom Kertscher reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on last Thursday's judicial candidate forum at the Milwaukee Bar Association.

P.S. Ghosts of previous election haunt Supreme Court choices, by Patti Wenzel at Third Coast Digest

Irving Kristol’s Brute Reason

Paul Berman reviews The Neoconservative Persuation: Selected Essays, 1942-2009, by Irving Kristol, edited by Gertrude Himmelfarb

Supreme Court funds dispute set to spill into public arena

Dee J. Hall reports in the Wisconsin State Journal on an addition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court calendar for January 2011.

[Chief Justice Shirley] Abrahamson announced Thursday that the justices would meet in open session Jan. 31 and Feb. 4 to hash out matters including who gets to decide how the court's money is spent.

(via WisPolitics)


More: Debate over expenditures highlights rift on state high court by Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Cert dissent

Great dissent by Justice Thomas from the Court's denial of certiorari in a Commerce Clause case.

One Side Now

Eric A. Posner at The New Republic's The Book weblog reviews The Conservative Assault on the Constitution, by Erwin Chemerinsky.

Chemerinsky largely ignores recent writing by liberals and conservatives who fret that when courts too freely overturn legislation, they stifle public deliberation, infantilize the people, and play a legislative role to which they are not suited. These writings have not won a judicial constituency, but they do express a general uneasiness with “living constitution”-style arguments that courts should constrain democratic decisionmaking on the basis of public values that change with the times.

January 2011 arguments and hearings

Oral Argument Assignment for the Month of January 2011

January 4, 2011

9:45 a.m. State v. Balliette (2009AP472)

10:45 a.m. State v. Beauchamp (2009AP806-CR)

1:30 p.m. Ottman v. Town of Primrose (2008AP3182)

January 5, 2011

9:45 a.m. State v. Ninham (2008AP1139)

10:45 a.m. Kilian v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (2009AP538)

1:30 p.m. Rasmussen v. General Motors Corporation (2007AP35)

January 6, 2011

10:00 a.m. DeBoer Transportation, Inc. v. Swenson (2009AP564)

11:00 a.m. Fischer v. Steffen (2009AP1669)

1:30 p.m. Day v. Allstate Indemnity Company (08AP2929)


Petitions scheduled for public hearing/open administrative conference

January 13, 2011

9:30 a.m. In the Matter of the Petition to Amend Supreme Court Rule 40.08 Relating to Adverse Determinations of Bar Applicants’ Character and Fitness (08-11)

9:30 a.m. In the Matter of the Petition to Create Supreme Court Rule 40.075 Relating to Conditional Admission to the Bar (08-13)