Sunday, August 2, 2020

Wisconsin appellate court week August 3rd-7th 2020

Events | Courts last week | Courts this week

Upcoming Federalist Society events include

August 4th (corrected date) "A Virtual Conversation with Betsy DeVos", with Hon. Betsy DeVos - Secretary, Department of Education, Robert Eitel - Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education, and Candice Jackson - Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy & Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, presented by Madison Lawyers Chapter (details and registration)

August 6th (new date) "Corpus Linguistics in Legal Interpretation" with Donald A. Daugherty Jr., Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Stephen Mouritsen, Parr Brown Gee & Loveles, and Dr. James C. Phillips, Fowler School of Law, Chapman University, Litigation Practice Group Teleforum

August 18th "Recent Trends in the Roberts Court", Don Daugherty, Senior Counsel, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, presented by Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter (details and registration)

September 3rd Wisconsin Lawyers Chapters Conference, Pewaukee, Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter and Madison Lawyers Chapter (save the date)

February 26-27 National Student Symposium, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (save the dates)


Supplement to last week

July 24, 2020 Agenda and Budget committee agenda, and August 20, 2020 Agenda, Wisconsin Judicial Council

Expanded Court of Appeals' eFiling pilot project begins Aug. 3, Wisconsin Court System

The 2019-20 Term: Some More Impressions, by Alan Ball, Marquette University, SCOWstats

Court upholds ruling against former Dassey attorney, by Scott Bauer, Associated Press, Wisconsin Law Journal, on State v. Kachinsky, 2020AP118-CR

Court of Appeals Opinion Publication Order - July 2020, 2020 WI App 42-46, Wisconsin Court System

Garage within statuory prohibition of entry of "dwelling" to repossess collateral, Duncan v. Asset Recovery Specialists Inc., 2019AP1365 [Recommended for Publication]

Oneida tribe wins closely watched Wisconsin legal fight, by Scott Bauer, Associated Press, Wisconsin Law Journal, on Oneida Nation v. Hobart, No. 19-1981 (7th Cir. 2020)

Wisconsin Supreme Court Accepts New Cases, Wisconsin Civil Justice Council

- Supreme Court Digest, and
- Court of Appeals Digest,
by Prof. Daniel Blinka and Prof. Thomas Hammer, Marquette University Law School, Wisconsin Lawyer, August 2020

- Leading in Unprecedented Times, by Ed Finkel, profile of State Bar of Wisconsin president Kathleen A. Brost
- Racial Equity: It's Time to Step Up, Your State Bar column by Larry J. Martin, executive director, State Bar of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Lawyer, August 2020

A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice was sworn in after she ran 35 miles. Then she started running another 65. Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

State Bar of Wisconsin - Board of Governors Positions, Bill Track 50, 2019-2020 Regular Session

This week:

Here are the lists of the Wisconsin Court System's links to:

as they are posted.

Supreme Court pending cases and pending disciplinary complaints include those scheduled for oral argument:

Next conferences on pending petitions for review:

Pending rules petitions (none currently scheduled for hearing or conference)

The Court of Appeals has no oral argument scheduled.


U.S. Supreme Court Calendars and Lists, Argument Calendar:

Calendar for October Term 2020
Argument for
- October 2020 (Oct. 5th-14th)
Latest slip opinions (2019 Term)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit: this week's Opinions and Unpublished Orders