Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson anniversary materials, 2006.

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Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson anniversary materials, 2006.

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Collected materials relating to an event celebrating Wisconsin Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson's fiftieth year as an attorney, thirtieth year as a judge, and tenth year as Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Included are speeches delivered by Patrick Lucey, Chief Justice Abrahamson, and remarks delivered by George Brown, Ken Davis, and Joseph D. Kearney; letters from the National Association of Women Judges, National Center for State Courts; news clippings; an invitation to the event; list of guests and programs for the event; and a CD with images of the event.

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Abrahamson, Shirley Schlanger, 1933-

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Lucey, Patrick J., 1918-

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Wisconsin. Supreme Court

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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...