SCR CHAPTER 80
PUBLICATION OF OPINIONS
JUDICIAL COUNCIL
COMMITTEE'S NOTE, 1979: The following
rules, governing the publication of opinions of the court of appeals and supreme
court, were adopted by the supreme court on December 19, 1975, effective
January 1, 1976. The rules were originally numbered 2 to 4 and have been
clarified and numbered SCR 80.01 to 80.03 for uniformity and convenience and
redrafted to reflect the existence of the court of appeals.
SCR 80.001 Definition.
In this chapter, “public domain
citation” means the calendar year in which an opinion, rule, order, or other
item that is to be published is issued or ordered to be published, whichever is
later, followed by the designation of the court issuing the opinion, rule,
order, or other item, followed by the sequential number assigned to the
opinion, rule, order, or other item by the clerk of the court, in the following
form:
2000 WI 14
2001 WI App 9
SCR 80.01 Official publications.
(1) The supreme court designates the
Wisconsin Reports as published by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing and the
Wisconsin Reporter edition of the North Western Reporter published by West
Group as official publications of the opinions, rules, and orders of the court
of appeals and the supreme court and other items designated by the supreme
court. If any authorized agency of this state publishes the opinions, rules,
orders, and other matters of the court of appeals and the supreme court in a
format approved by the supreme court after January 1, 1979, that publication
shall also be designated as an official publication.
(2) The official publication of each
opinion, rule, order, and other item of the supreme court issued on or after
January 1, 2000, shall set forth the public domain citation of the opinion,
rule, order, or other item and shall include the paragraph numbering of the
opinion.
(3) The official publication of each
opinion, rule, order, and other item of the court of appeals ordered to be
published on or after January 1, 2000, shall set forth the public domain
citation of the opinion, rule, order, or other item and shall include the
paragraph numbering of the opinion.
SCR 80.02 Proper citation.
(1) The citation of any published
opinion of the court of appeals or the supreme court in the table of cases in a
brief and the initial citation in a memorandum or other document filed with the
court of appeals or the supreme court shall include, in the order set forth, a
reference to each of the following:
(a) the public domain citation, if it
exists;
(b) the volume and page number of the
Wisconsin Reports in which the opinion is published;
(c) the volume and page number of the
North Western Reporter in which the opinion is published;
(2) Subsequent citations shall include
at least one of the references in sub. (1) and shall be internally consistent.
(3) (a) Citation to specific portions
of an opinion issued or ordered to be published prior to January 1, 2000, shall
be by reference to page numbers, in the following form:
Smith v. Jones, 214 Wis. 2d 408, 412.
Doe v. Roe, 595 N.W.2d 346, 352.
(b) Citation to specific portions of
an opinion issued on or after January 1, 2000, shall be by reference to
paragraph numbers, in the following form:
Smith v. Jones, 2000 WI 14, ¶6
Smith v. Jones, 214 Wis. 2d 408, ¶12
Doe v. Roe, 2001 WI App 9, ¶17
Doe v. Roe, 595 N.W.2d 346, ¶27
(c) Citation to specific portions of
an opinion issued prior to January 1, 2000, and ordered to be published after
January 1, 2000, shall be by reference to paragraph numbers if they exist or to
page numbers if paragraph numbers do not exist.
SCR
80.03 Title.
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing is
authorized to designate the reports published by it as “Wisconsin Reports”
provided that “Callaghan’s” is a prefix to the title.
Amended October 30, 1981; January 19, 1994; June 28,
1999.