Wisconsin Lawyer | State Bar of Wisconsin

Official publication of the
State Bar of Wisconsin
Vol. 73, No. 5
May 2000

Features

The Effect of Jandrt on Satellite Litigation

The supreme court's decision to uphold a frivolous litigation sanction in Jandrt v. Jerome Foods Inc. will alter the nature of satellite litigation under sections 802.05 and 814.025 and may very well change the overall practice methods of all civil litigators in Wisconsin. The Advisory Committee Notes to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 11 refer to litigation over the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11 as litigation that is "satellite" to the main litigation from which it was derived. More

Truth-in-Sentencing

Each house of the Wisconsin Legislature has passed a version of legislation reclassifying crimes and otherwise implementing Truth-in-Sentencing, but those two versions have not been reconciled. Until such a reconciled version becomes law, Wisconsin criminal sentencing law is as described in this article. More

Mid-1800s to Early 1900s: Practicing in the Wilds of Manitowoc County

Judge James Sibree Anderson brings to life the pioneering folk who practiced law in the wilderness of Wisconsin's Manitowoc County and beyond. The following account is excerpted from Judge Anderson's recollections, as published in 1921 in Pioneer Courts and Lawyers of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. More