Supreme Court of Wisconsin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No.  09-08

 

 

In the matter of petition to amend

Supreme Court Rule 10.03(5)(b)1.

 

FILED

 

FEB 1, 2011

 

A. John Voelker

Acting Clerk of Supreme Court

Madison, WI

 

 

 

 

 

On August 24, 2009, Jon Kingstad, Steven Levine, James Thiel and 40 other members of the State Bar of Wisconsin petitioned this court to amend Supreme Court Rule 10.03(5)(b)1.  On November 16, 2010, this court issued an order holding this petition in abeyance pending final disposition of all federal litigation in Kingstad v. State Bar of Wisconsin.  On December 3, 2010, the petitioners filed an amended petition proposing changes the petitioners state are warranted following the Seventh Circuit's decision in Kingstad, 622 F.3d 708 (7th Cir. 2010).[1] 

IT IS ORDERED that a public hearing on the petition shall be held in the Supreme Court Room in the State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday, April 11, 2011, at 9:45 a.m. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court's conference in the matter shall be held promptly following the public hearing.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the amended petition and memorandum in support of the amended petition shall be made available on the Web site of the Wisconsin Supreme Court under Rules.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notice of the hearing be given by a single publication of a copy of this order and of the amended petition in the official state newspaper and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin not more than 60 days nor less than 30 days before the date of the hearing.[2]

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 1st day of February, 2011. 

 

BY THE COURT:

 

 

 

                   A. John Voelker

Acting Clerk of Supreme Court

 

 


[1] The court is advised that petitioners do not intend to file a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court such that this petition need not be held in abeyance any longer.

[2] Notice of the hearing will appear in the March 2011 Wisconsin Lawyer, the official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin, approximately 27 days prior to the hearing rather than the required minimum of 30 days.  Pursuant to its rule-making authority under Wis. Stat. § 751.12 and its Internal Operating Procedures, the court exercises its discretion to allow this unavoidable deviation from the requirements.