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A-16 Monday, April 1 2, 1 976 Green Bay Press-Gazette What Happens When Judges Don't Obey Court's Dictates? great buys from furniturelandi yjrglniaJHwut Politics Personalities Perspective By DAVE OTTO Preii-Goielle Stall Writer COLONIAL DINING ROOMS We are often reminded that ours is a government of laws and not of men. The courts are viewed as the ultimate arbitrator of the rules that govern our conduct, and the judicial final word is one to be followed. But what happens when the judiciary Itself does not follow the dictates of the court? Just such a situation is brewing over efforts by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to overhaul judicial administration in this state. After considerable study, the high court last year divided Wisconsin into 14 judicial administrative districts with a chief judge to be elected in each district. The judge was to act as the administrative head of the district, presumably with the authority to set rules for his fellow judges on such things as case workloads, vacation time, etc.

The new administrative' program was to have gone in effect last January, but the Supreme Court decided to make a trial run in three districts, the Milwaukee area, a north central area and a western area, before putting the full system into operation July 1. In Milwaukee, County Judge Michael Sullivan was chosen chief judge. In accordance with what he viewed as his responsibility under the new plan, he drew up a 60-page list of rules covering trict plan from county judges and their constituents who are concerned with the erosion of home rule at the local courthouse level. It Is significant that, in many of the districts, county judges were chosen chief judge rather than the presumably broader-based circuit judges. As Judge Gleason put it, "The Supreme Court decided to hold off until July in all but three districts to see if any problems cropped up.

It looks like they've cropped!" NASHVILLE and HOUC OF AMERICAN MUSIC nee, Oconto, Marinette, Forest and Florence counties, met last fall and chose Circuit Judge Donald W. Gleason as chief judge. Other than naming Judge Edward Herald of Oconto as his assistant, Judge Gleason has made no other decisions involving the district. "We are waiting for July 1 to see what happens. I've been expecting a statewide meeting of chief judges to be called to discuss the implementation of the plan in July, but nothing has been announced yet," Judge Gleason noted.

In choosing Gleason, judges of this area picked a man as well versed in tact and diplomacy as he is in the law, and these are tools that will prove vital if some form of cohesive district administration is to work. While Milwaukee seems split over the circuit-county judge responsibility question, rural areas of the state may also find opposition to the dis CHOOSE FROM OUR HUGE SELECTION IN "LIGHT "DARK or "OAK" ALL SPECIALLY PRICED JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER! NASHVILLE. TENNESSEE Mav 20-23 Via i Deluxe Motorcoach 4 from Green Bay AUTO, HOME, HEALTH, LIFE and TAX SHELTERS Matching Buffet Cabinets from $299 and up YOUR CHOICE $299 Includes bus transportation, motel accommodations, one performance at the GRAND OLE OPRY. one day at OPRYLAND, a tour of the city of NASHVILLE, plus morel GERALD FICTUM 5pc dinette with Beacon Center UNIVERSITY TRAVEL SERVICE 1566 West Mason St. PHONE: 499 8756 Helping oval-rectangular table and 4 arrow-back chairs i I (t3 university ve.

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Judges in Wisconsin, at present, enjoy a lack of supervisory pressure that would delight most wage earners. State Court Administrator Edwin Wilkie, whose brother, Horace, is chief justice of the Supreme Court, must try to keep tabs on all county and circuit judges from Madison with only an occasional on-the-scene check throughout the state. Much of his time is merely spent assigning outside judges to backlog hot-spots like Milwaukee County. Computerized record keeping, streamlined rules of procedure and other efforts are being made in our state to try to keep up with the crush of litigation jamming our courts. What is lacking, so far, is a uniform system of administration to coordinate the flow of cases and fully utilize cial manpower rather than let each court drift along as its own isolated entity.

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