Title: Wisconsin. Supreme Court: Chief Justice Hallows' Administrative Subject Files
Inclusive Dates: 1955-1974

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Supreme Court

Call Number: Series 1749

Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

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Abstract:

Files primarily concerning the administrative responsibilities of the Chief Justice. Included is correspondence and memoranda between the Chief Justice and the heads of Supreme Court offices and committees, the Office of the Administrator of Courts, the Judicial Conference, the Judicial Commission, the Judicial Education Committee, the Board of State Bar Commissioners, the State Public Defender's Office, the Judicial Council, the State Library, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Administrative Committee for the Court System, and the boards of circuit, county, criminal, and juvenile judges.

Language: English

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Chief Justice E. Harold Hallows was a practicing attorney and professor of law at Marquette University, 1930-1958. He served on the Supreme Court from 1958 until his retirement at age 70 in 1974 and was Chief Justice from 1968 to 1974.

This series deals primarily with the administrative responsibilities of the Chief Justice. Although some records pre-date Hallows' tenure as Chief Justice, they nevertheless reflect his interests. The records include correspondence and memoranda between the Chief Justice and the heads of Supreme Court offices and committees: the Office of the Administrator of Courts, the Judicial Conference, the Judicial Commission, the Judicial Education Committee, the Board of State Bar Commissioners, the State Public Defender's Office, the Judicial Council, the State Library, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Administrative Committee for the Court System, and the boards of Circuit, County, Criminal, and Juvenile Judges.

The records have been arranged in six categories: JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, JUDICIAL CONFERENCES (WISCONSIN), JUDICIAL REORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATIONS, JUDGES, and other SUBJECTS. Of these, Justice Hallows was particularly interested in judicial reorganization and the files on this subject contain many of his speeches and records of conferences and committees. In a general way, the entire series, dealing as it does with judicial administration, points to the need for reorganization of the judicial system.

The folder titles on the following inventory are essentially the same as those on the original folders.

Processing Information

Processed by M. Evans, March 25, 1977.

	Series: Judicial Administration
Box   1 Folder   1	Court Commissioner & Assistant - Supreme Court, 1971-1972
Box   1 Folder   2	Supreme Court Salary Data, 1962-1974
Box   1 Folder   3-5	Funds for Judicial Purposes, 1970-1974
Box   1 Folder   6	Court Administrative Committee, 1962-1964
Box   2 Folder   1	Court Administrative file, 1965
Box   2 Folder   2	Court Administrative file, 1966
Box   2 Folder   3	Judicial Council, 1955-1964
Box   2 Folder   4	Judicial Council, 1965-1967
	Administrative Committee of the Court System
Box   2 Folder   5	1964-1966
Box   2 Folder   6	1967-1970
Box   3 Folder   1	1969-1971
Box   3 Folder   2	1971-1972
Box   3 Folder   3	1972-1973
Box   4 Folder   1	Court Administrator, 1971-1973
Box   4 Folder   2	Administrative Committee - Milwaukee problem, 1966-1973
Box   4 Folder   3	In re: Milwaukee judges, 1963-1968
Box   4 Folder   4	Supreme Court practice, 1967-1968
Box   5 Folder   1	Rule 14 of Judicial Code of Ethics, 1968-1970
Box   5 Folder   2	Committee to recommend rules on use of Sound and Camera equipment (Rule 14), 1970-1974
Box   5 Folder   3	Ch.46, Laws of 1971 [Assignment of Judges], 1971
Box   5 Folder   4	State Public Defender, 1972-1974
	Series: Judicial Conferences (Wisconsin)	⇧
Box   5 Folder   5	1968
Box   5 Folder   6	1969
Box   6 Folder   1	1970
Box   6 Folder   2	1971
Box   6 Folder   3	1972-1973
Box   6 Folder   4	1974
	Series: Judicial Reorganization	⇧
Box   6 Folder   5	Committee of Judges - to draft a court reorganizational proposal for legislature, 1969
Box   6 Folder   6	Judicial Organization, Citizens Study Committee on (Blue Ribbon Committee), 1971-1972
Box   7 Folder   1-3	Wisconsin Citizens Conference on Judicial Organization, 1973
	Series: Organizations	⇧
	State Bar of Wisconsin
Box   7 Folder   4	1966
Box   7 Folder   5	1969-1973
Box   8 Folder   1	State Bar Rules, 1970-1973
Box   8 Folder   2	Board of State Bar Commissioners, 1968-1974
Box   8 Folder   3	Board of Circuit Judges of Wisconsin, 1973-1974
Box   8 Folder   4	Liaison Committee of the Board of Circuit Judges, 1962-1964
Box   8 Folder   5	Board of County Judges, 1973-1974
Box   8 Folder   6	Board of Juvenile Court Judges, 1972-1973
Box   8 Folder   7	Milwaukee County Board of Judges, 1972-1973
	National Conference of State Trial Judges
Box   8 Folder   8	1968-1971
Box   8 Folder   9	1972-1973
Box   8 Folder   10	National Center for State Courts, 1972-1973
Box   8 Folder   11	National Conference of Metropolitan Trial Judges, 1973
Box   8 Folder   12	National Conference of Special Court Judges, 1969-1974
Box   8 Folder   13	National College of Probate Judges, 1973
Box   8 Folder   14	National Conference of Juvenile Court Judges, 1973
	Series: Judges	⇧
Box   8 Folder   15	Haulsum, Larry, 1970
Box   8 Folder   16	Pruss, Thaddeus J., 1971
Box   8 Folder   17	Stranz, Allan M., 1970-1972
Box   8 Folder   18	Seraphim, Christ T., 1971-1973
Box   8 Folder   19	Traeger, Clarence, 1971-1974
	Series: Subjects	⇧
Box   8 Folder   20	Disability Board, 1970
Box   8 Folder   21	Judicial Education under LEAA, 1972-1973
Box   9 Folder   1	Legislative files, 1966-1967
Box   9 Folder   2	Split trials and impartial medical testimony, 1963-1967
Box   9 Folder   3	Space for Supreme Court in Capitol, 1971
Box   9 Folder   4	Retired Justices and Judges, Committee for recognition of, 1970-1971
Box   9 Folder   5	Printing Contract, State, 1971-1972
Box   9 Folder   6	Library for Prisons, 1970-1973