WisBar News
August 31, 2000
Supreme Court to hold public hearing on filing papers by fax and right of substitution of judge on remand
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hold a public hearing to consider petitions to amend Wis. Stat. section 801.16(2) governing the filing of pleadings and other papers by fax and to amend Wis. Stat. sections 801.58(7) and 808.08 and of the Internal Operating Procedures of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals to require an appellate court remanding a case to a lower court to state whether the parties have a right to request a substitution of judge.
Supreme Court to hold public hearing on filing papers by fax and
right of substitution of judge on remand
August 31, 2000
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hold a public hearing to consider
petitions to amend Wis. Stat. section 801.16(2)
governing the filing of pleadings and other papers by fax and to amend
Wis. Stat. sections 801.58(7)
and 808.08
and of the Internal Operating Procedures of the Supreme Court and Court
of Appeals to require an appellate court remanding a case to a lower
court to state whether the parties have a right to request a
substitution of judge.
The public hearing is Jan. 16, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., in the Supreme
Court Hearing Room, 119 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, Wis.
The State Bar of Wisconsin is interested in its members' comments and
questions regarding these petitions. Please contact Public Affairs
Director Linda Barth at lbarth@wisbar.org, phone (800)
728-7788, ext. 6140, or State Bar Executive Director George Brown at gbrown@wisbar.org, phone (800)
728-7788, ext. 6101.
