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Encyclopedia > Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Appeal. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked... In law, jurisdiction (from the Latin jus, juris meaning law and dicere meaning to speak) is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area... Look up Administration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

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Location

The Wisconsin Supreme Court normally sits in its main hearing room in the East Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin. Since 1993, the court has also travelled, once or twice a year, to another part of the state to hear several cases as part of its "Justice on Wheels" program. The purpose of this program is to give the people of Wisconsin a better opportunity to understand the operations of the state supreme court and the court system. The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both arms of the Wisconsin legislature, the state Supreme Court, and the Office of the Governor. ... Nickname: Mad Town or Mad City Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Municipality City Incorporated 1848  - Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Area    - City 136. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked...


Justices

The court is comprised of seven justices who are elected in state-wide, non-partisan elections. Each justice is elected for a ten-year term, and only one justice may be elected in any year. In the event of a vacancy on the court, the governor has the power to appoint an individual to the vacancy, but that justice must then stand for election in the first year where no other justice's term expires. A trial at the Old Bailey in London as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin for Ackermanns Microcosm of London (1808-11). ... Justice is a concept involving the fair and moral treatment of all persons, especially in law. ... A governor or governour (archaic) is a governing official, usually the executive (at least nominally, to different degrees also politically and administratively) of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the Head of state; furthermore the title applies to officials with a similar mandate as representatives of a chartered...


The justice with the longest continuous service on the court serves as the chief justice, unless that justice declines, in which case the role passes to the next senior justice of the court. In such a case, the declining justice continues to serve as a justice on the court. The Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth- or other countries with an Anglosaxon type of justice, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the Supreme...


Current Justices

Shirley S. Abrahamson (born December 17, 1933) is the Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ... Justice Jon P. Wilcox is a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ... Ann Walsh Bradley is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ... Justice N. Patrick Crooks is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ... David Prosser Jr. ... Patience Drake Roggensack is a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ... Louis B. Butler is a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ...

Former Justices

Main article: List of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices

This is a list of justices serving in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ...

Upcoming Election

The term of Justice Jon P. Wilcox expires on July 31, 2007. He is not seeking re-election. There is a state-wide election for his seat on April 3, 2007. The candidates are Annette Ziegler and Linda Clifford. Justice Jon P. Wilcox is a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ...


See also

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the state of Wisconsin, above the Wisconsin Circuit Courts but below the Wisconsin Supreme Court. ...

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This court is asked to decide whether Paulson may recover the amount of money representing the difference between the amount Paulson's insurer paid and what her insurer settled for in negotiations with the tortfeasor's insurer upon its subrogation claim.
The court in Garrity found that the general rule was that "where either the insurer or the insured must to some extent go unpaid, the loss should be borne by the insurer for that is a risk the insured has paid it to assume." Id.
The court of appeals, analogizing the situation to others where the collateral source rule applies, held that the plaintiffs were entitled to the benefit of the insurers' bargain, the difference between the reasonable value of the services and the negotiated settlement, because a tortfeasor should not receive the "advantage of 'gratuities from third parties.'" Id.
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