Papers, 1932-1950.

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Papers, 1932-1950.

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Six letters, a biography, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Fritz, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1929-1950, and chief justice, 1950-1953.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Fritz, Oscar Marion, 1878-1958.

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The basic powers and framework of Wisconsin's court system is laid out in Article VII of the state constitution. Judicial power was vested in a Supreme Court, circuit courts, courts of probate, and justices of the peace. According to the 1848 constitution, the state was divided into 5 judicial circuit districts and the five judges presiding over these circuits were to meet at least once a year at Madison as a Supreme Court until the legislature could establish the Supreme Court as a...