Anderson v. Circuit Court for Milwaukee County

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

¶ 1. This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals 1 reversing an order of the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Robert Crawford, Judge. The circuit court order imposed a fine of 50 dollars on Attorney Scott Anderson for arriving to court eight minutes late in violation of a pretrial scheduling order.

¶ 2. The issue presented is whether the circuit court properly exercised its power to sanction an attor ney for being late to a scheduled court appearance in violation of a pretrial scheduling order.

¶ 3. We hold that a circuit court has…