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Ex. MET-MKE-073Milwaukee County Courts page (as captured Mar. 30, 2020): jury trials and most in-person proceedings suspended to May 22, 2020; new juries cancelled March 16 through May 22, 2020; Clerk's in-person hours limited from March 24, 2020; criminal division office closed to the publicMilwaukee County Circuit Court COVID-19 operations, March 2020Chief Judge Mary E. Triggiano; Clerk of Circuit Court; implementing the Wisconsin Supreme Court's orders of March 22, 2020Milwaukee County Circuit Court (First Judicial District), WisconsinCourtMar. 23, 2020Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MKE-072Wisconsin Court System COVID-19 page listing the Supreme Court's administrative orders, including 'In Re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Filed May 22, 2020)' and the March 22, 2020 remote-hearing orderWisconsin Court System: COVID-19 orders indexWisconsin Supreme Court and Director of State Courts (index page as captured Sept. 15, 2020)Wisconsin (statewide court system; context for Milwaukee and Dane County courts)CourtMar. 22, 2020Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-025Order, In re the Matter of Jury Trials During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder continuing all civil and criminal jury trialsWisconsin Supreme Court (administrative and superintending authority, Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3)WisconsinCourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-026Order, In re the Matter of Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder suspending all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courtsWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-043Amended Order, In re the Matter of Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 PandemicAmended order suspending all in-person proceedings in all appellate and circuit courts until further orderWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtApr. 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-029Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, No. 2020AP765-OAOpinion holding Emergency Order 28 unlawful and unenforceableSupreme Court of WisconsinWisconsinCourtMay 13, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. WI-007Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, No. 2020AP765-OA, ¶¶ 3-4Emergency Order 28 is a rule requiring emergency rulemaking and is unenforceable; § 252.25 requires rulemaking before criminal penalties…Wisconsin Supreme Court (Roggensack, C.J.)WisconsinCourtMay 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-027Order, In re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings During the COVID-19 PandemicOrder extending the in-person suspension and jury-trial continuance for each circuit court until a chief-judge-approved operational plan…Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtMay 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-030Order, In re the Matter of Emergency Procedures Related to the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act's Temporary Moratorium on Eviction FilingsOrder denying Legal Action of Wisconsin's emergency request for a temporary pleading requirement in eviction actions; concurrence recording…Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtJune 5, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-026James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58 (Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OA) (decided June 11, 2021)Sara Lindsey James v. Janel Heinrich; Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools v. Heinrich; St. Ambrose Academy v. HeinrichSupreme Court of WisconsinWisconsin (Dane County orders)CourtJune 11, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-030Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (WCRIS) v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 52, No. 2020AP1420-OAOpinion holding Dane County Emergency Order #9 (school closure) beyond the health officer's authoritySupreme Court of WisconsinWisconsin (Dane County order)CourtJune 11, 20212020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. WI-028Amended Order (issued May 22, 2020; amended Oct. 1, 2020), In re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote HearingsAmended order allowing chief judges to withdraw approval of county operational plans during the fall 2020 surgeWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtOct. 1, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-031Order, In re the Matter of CDC Eviction Moratorium Compliance For Eviction FilingsOrder denying Legal Action of Wisconsin's request for an emergency order on CDC eviction-moratorium compliance in eviction filingsWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtOct. 21, 20202020 Q4Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-021Fabick v. Evers, 2021 WI 28, No. 2020AP1718-OAOpinion declaring Executive Orders 82, 90 and 105 unlawfulWisconsin Supreme Court (Hagedorn, J.)WisconsinCourtMar. 31, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-022Tavern League of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Palm, 2021 WI 33, No. 2020AP1742Opinion affirming that Emergency Order 3 was an unpromulgated rule, not validly enacted and unenforceableWisconsin Supreme Court (Roggensack, C.J., lead opinion)WisconsinCourtApr. 14, 20212021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-029Order, In re the Matter of Modification of Circuit Court and Municipal Accommodations That Were Required Because of the COVID-19 PandemicOrder superseding the Oct. 1, 2020 order; masking, distancing and sanitizing left to county-wide decisions with chief-judge approvalWisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtMay 21, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-023James v. Heinrich, 2021 WI 58, Nos. 2020AP1419-OA, 2020AP1420-OA, 2020AP1446-OAOpinion holding local health officers lack statutory power to close schools; Dane County Emergency Order 9 vacated in partWisconsin Supreme Court (Rebecca Grassl Bradley, J.)WisconsinCourtJune 11, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-045Order, In re the Matter of the Filing of Court Documents in Circuit and Appellate Courts (Temporary Mailbox Rule)Order terminating the temporary mailbox rule of April 13, 2020Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtJune 18, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WI-044Order, In re the Matter of Remote Hearings in Appellate CourtsOrder terminating the suspension of most in-person appellate proceedings as of 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2021Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtJune 18, 20212021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-MKE-027Becker v. Dane County, 2022 WI 63 (Nos. 2021AP1343 & 2021AP1382) (decided July 8, 2022)Jeffrey Becker, Andrea Klein and A Leap Above Dance, LLC v. Dane County, Janel Heinrich and Public Health of Madison & Dane CountySupreme Court of WisconsinWisconsin (Dane County orders)CourtJuly 8, 2022Face-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WI-024Becker v. Dane County, 2022 WI 63, Nos. 2021AP1343 & 2021AP1382, ¶¶ 1-2Wis. Stat. § 252.03 authorizes local health officers to issue enforceable public health orders; Dane County Ordinance § 46.40 (civil…Wisconsin Supreme CourtWisconsinCourtJuly 8, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read

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