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Maria S. Lazar: “In 1978, the legislature decided that there were too many…”

Featuring: Maria S. Lazar, Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II

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Exploring Wisconsin's Appellate Court System with Judge Maria S. Lazar

Published | Video Starts at 06:50

But. And something you may not know and something most people don't know and probably a lot of lawyers will. We didn't have a court of appeals until 1978. So In 1978, the legislature decided that there were too many cases going up on appeal, and the state supreme court could only do a few of them. So they created the court of appeals. We didn't have nothing. Wow. So, yeah. So the. The way that you get a case to the court of appeals is two ways. (06:50–06:59)

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Asserts that the Wisconsin legislature created the Court of Appeals in 1978 due to an overload of cases for the state supreme court.

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