Legal Opinion
Milwaukee Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. v. Tommy Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Association of Trial Judges, Intervenors-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 1997No. 96-3315PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Milwaukee County in Wisconsin elects 46 judges to the circuit court, its trial court of general jurisdiction, and 4 judges to the state’s court of appeals. Elections are held at large. Each candidate for the circuit court runs for a numbered post, called a branch, though every trial judge has countywide jurisdiction. When this suit began, 3 of the 46 seats on the circuit court, and none of the 4 on the appellate court, were held by black lawyers. Approximately 20 percent of the population, 16 percent of the voting age population, and 3 percent of the lawyers in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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