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NOTES: Table 1: Data on population came from 1985-1986 Wisconsin Blue Book 747. The state population figure excludes the population of Milwaukee County.

1 NOTES: Table 1: Data on population came from Wisconsin Blue Book 747. The state population figure excludes the population of Milwaukee County. All other information carnefrom Report 13A of the State of Wisconsin Director of State Courts Office of Court Operations, Madison, Wisconsin (Feb. 2, 1986) [hereinafter referred to as Report 13A]. The "tort" category consisted of products 1iabiIity, personal injury-auto, medical malpractice- other, medical malpractice-after PCP, wrongful death, intentional tort, other personal injury and property damage. "Contract" consists of money judgment, other contracts, and other debtor actions. "Property" includes condemnation review, foreclosure of mortgage, and other real estate. "Other" consists of all the other categories within the "civil" area not included in "tort," "contract," or "property." Divorce corresponds to "divorce" in Report 13A. Similarly, the table's category "paternity" reflects the Report 13A category "paternity." "Other" refers to all family cases not included in "divorce" or "paternity." "Total" is the total of civil plus the total of family cases. ~ Table 2: Table 2 uses all the same categories as Table 1. population estimates were computed against "filed" in Report 13A to yield filings per 1000 population. Table 3: This information carne from Report 13A. The information

on the "Clean-up" of inactive caseload came from Tables 7 and 8, and Appendix B of a press release dated April 2, 1986 from the Office of J. Denis Moran, Director of State Courts, Madison, Wisconsin.

2 on the "Clean-up" of inactive caseload came from Tables 7 and 8, and Appendix B of a press release dated April 2, 1986 from the Office of J. Denis Moran, Director of State Courts, Madison, Wisconsin. Table 4: The category "settled before trial" corresponds to ---- Report 13A's column "STP/PLD Before Trial," which was compiled using classification codes "settlement prior to court activity," "settlement at pre-trial conference," "settlement before trial," "default/uncontested judgment," and "settlement at trial." "Dismissed"corresponds to Report 13A's column "Dis~issed before trial" which was compiled using classification codes "dismissednew jurisdiction," and "dismissed." The category "other" corresponds to Report 13A's classification "other" comprised of classification codes "other" and "change of Venue-Case to be Refiled out of County." "Court" corresponds to Report 13A's category "court trial," which included the disposition classification "judgment after court trial," or the activity class of "court trial." "Jury" corresponds to Report 13A's category "jury trial" which comprises "judgment after jury trialbefore verdict," and "judgment after jury trial-after verdict," or the activity class of "jury trial." "Tota 1 Disposed" corresponds to the figures in Report 13A for the "total disposed" column. "Per cent to trial" is computed by adding "Court" and "Jury" together and computing as a percentage of cases disposed, the number that went to trial. "Total" refers to the number of "jury" plus the number of "court."

Table 5: Using the definition for WtortW established in Table 1, and definitions for Wsettled before trial,..dismissed,..other,. Wcourt,W Wjury,..total,..per cent to trial,. and.total disposedw from Table 4, this table outlines the disposition of tort cases.

3 Table 5: Using the definition for WtortW established in Table 1, and definitions for Wsettled before trial,..dismissed,..other,. Wcourt,W Wjury,..total,..per cent to trial,. and.total disposedw from Table 4, this table outlines the disposition of tort cases. Table 6: Using Table 5 definitions, and the definition of contractw from Table 1, this table summarizes the disposition of contracts cases. Table 1: The definitions of.civil. and.familyw correspond to Report 13A's same classifications. WTotalW equals the number of wcivilw plus the number of nfamily.w Population data come from Table 1. njury Trials per 1000 populationw is computed using the.. population data and the Wtotal. number of trials. Table 8: The labels.tort,..contract,. wproperty,. and Wother. are defined by Table 1. All other data comes directly from Report 13A~ listings.

TABLE: 1 TITLE: FILINGS OF CIVIL COUNTIES IN 1985 AND FAMILY CASES REPORTED IN 10 ~ISCONSIN~ -- ( CIVIL CASES ) ( FAMILY CASES >- COUNTY POPULATION TORT CONTRACT PROPERTY OTHER CIVIL TOTAL CIVIL

4 TABLE: 1 TITLE: FILINGS OF CIVIL COUNTIES IN 1985 AND FAMILY CASES REPORTED IN 10 ~ISCONSIN~ -- ( CIVIL CASES ) ( FAMILY CASES >- COUNTY POPULATION TORT CONTRACT PROPERTY OTHER CIVIL TOTAL CIVIL DIVORCE PATERNITY OTHER FAMILY I TOTAL FAMILY TOTAL DANE 36!_O , ,084 6,527 1, ,212 9,739 RACINE 170, , ,989 4,070 WAUKESHA 284, , ,106 1, ,758 I 4,864. FOND DU LAC 90, ,345 WINNEBAGO 135, , ,358 LA CROSSE 96, , ,945 BROWN 185, , ,592 3,436 OUTAGAMIE 134, , ,335 EAU CLAIRE _. 83, ,458 KENOSHA 122, , ,283 TEN COUNTIES 1,637,921 2,932 12,020 2,607 3,262 20,821 7,828 2, ,860 STATE (EXCLUDING MILWAUKEE COUNTY) 3,840,379 5,682 24, ,116 74,343 "

$TABLE: 2 TITLE: FILINGS PER 1000 POPULATION IN 1985 COUNTY --. C;VI I - > \. h\vvli "/... "> TOTAL TOTAL TORT CONTRACT PROPERTY OTHER CIVIL DIVORCE PATERNITY OTHER FAMILY TOTAL DANE 1.5 13.3 1.4 3.$

5 TABLE: 2 TITLE: FILINGS PER 1000 POPULATION IN 1985 COUNTY --. C;VI I - > \. h\vvli "/... "> TOTAL TOTAL TORT CONTRACT PROPERTY OTHER CIVIL DIVORCE PATERNITY OTHER FAMILY TOTAL DANE RACINE O WJ\UKESHA FOND nil LJ\C WINNEBl\GO LA CROSSE J'3ROWN OUTl\GAMIE EAIJ CLAIRE KENOSHA TEN COUNTIES :;'I'A'I'I': ( 1':)(; J lid i nlj Mi Iwt1uk(o Counl."\

$'1'1\1'.1.1': : 3 1['I'I'f.I':: AVERAGE AND MEDIAN NUMBER OF DAYS FROM FILING TO DISPOSITION, 1985. COUNTY - FAMILY CASES.- -_.$

6 '1'1\1'.1.1': : 3 1['I'I'f.I':: AVERAGE AND MEDIAN NUMBER OF DAYS FROM FILING TO DISPOSITION, COUNTY - FAMILY CASES.- -_.- CIVIL---> DIVORCE PATERNITY TOTAL FAMILY AVERAGE MEDIAN AVERAGE MEDIAN AVERAGE MEDIAN AVERAGE MEDIAN..\. '" DANE ** 355 ** HI\CINE WAI/KESIIA 394 ** 174 ** 398 ** 374 ** _- - FOND DU LAC 306 ** 131 ** WI NNI':IIA(;n Ll\ CROSSE ** 308 ** IIIHJWN 435 ** 205 **. 598 ** 350 ** l'T'I\r.AMTE _ :/\11 ('1./\ I HI': _0'. KI':NO:;III\ STATE(Exclud.i.ng Milwaukee COlin t **CLEAN-UP OF INACTIVE CASES. '.

$'1'l\BLE: 4 'I' j '1'1.1': : DISPOSITION OF CIVIL CASES (1985) SETTLED BEFORE Tr,<"'...\'> '. TRIAL ~ COUNTY J)T~MT~~RJ) O'T'HRR r.ottr't'.1ttrv!k 'T'O 'T'RT Z\T..., 'T'(),T'AT. 'T'()'T'AT.$

7 '1'l\BLE: 4 'I' j '1'1.1': : DISPOSITION OF CIVIL CASES (1985) SETTLED BEFORE Tr,<"'...\'> '. TRIAL ~ COUNTY J)T~MT~~RJ) O'T'HRR r.ottr't'.1ttrv!k 'T'O 'T'RT Z\T..., 'T'(),T'AT. 'T'()'T'AT..J)T~P()~RJ) IJl\NI': 2~l63? ~3? ~ 85 4] Rl\CINE 4 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~1~ ~~ Wl\UKESHA 1 /ns 1 R?7??7 lh~ ho h.~~ -~---??~ -'1.,-- ~dd - - FON[) [)IJ Ll\C WINNEf3AGO LA CROSSE 402 BROWN ,256 fill;)' fll ;.f\f~i_i':.. _...2q,L 622 El\IJ CLl\IRE 264 KI':N()SlfA 'I'I':N COtIN'I'II':S ,907 8,408 2,824 1, ~ STATE ( Exr.1 \H1'j ncj Milwaukee County)18,833 17,931 4,429 3, , , ,528 1,153 21,667 4,037 45,228

$TABLE: 5 TITLE: DISPOSITION OF TORT CASES (1985) Settled Before ~ Tn"\~)' ) ~0U~!~Y...7'r.i~1 J;>.i,~mi.M~.g,~tb~~..Q.QJJr.t._.J]Jr-y-.~.j~.Q._t.ci.a~._t.a.t.aL..TQ.taL Di sno SPO I:ANI'; 204 IU\CTNF.$

8 TABLE: 5 TITLE: DISPOSITION OF TORT CASES (1985) Settled Before ~ Tn"\~)' ) ~0U~!~Y...7'r.i~1 J;>.i,~mi.M~.g,~tb~~..Q.QJJr.t._.J]Jr-y-.~.j~.Q._t.ci.a~._t.a.t.aL..TQ.taL Di sno SPO I:ANI'; 204 IU\CTNF Wl\UKESIlA '58 48 SOl FOND DU LAC WINNEBAGO L/\ CROSSE BROWN OIJ'rf\GJ~~,TF~.... _~~._ ~?~ ~~ _ }~....~_..g.? ~~ ~85.._ F.l\I! rr.l\ TRE "----- KENOSHA, '1'1-:1.1 ('/1111'1'1'11'::: 869 1, , ' S'I' A 'J' I': (,,:~: I' I lid i 11'I Milwaukee Countv)1,550 3, ,741

$TABLE: 6 'I' I '1'1.1':: DISPOSITION OF CONTRACTS CASES (1985) \ SETTLED -. ". BEFORE " I I' 1'\ ::.._-- COIJN'I'Y ---- TRT AT, DTS:MTS:S:RDnTHRR r.mjrt JURL..TnTAT, % Tn TRTAT. TOTAT.$

9 TABLE: 6 'I' I '1'1.1':: DISPOSITION OF CONTRACTS CASES (1985) \ SETTLED -. ". BEFORE " I I' 1'\ ::.._-- COIJN'I'Y ---- TRT AT, DTS:MTS:S:RDnTHRR r.mjrt JURL..TnTAT, % Tn TRTAT. TOTAT. DTSEOSED DANE 1,709 1,799 1, ,837 HACINE WAUKESIIA 883 1, ,142 rand DlJ LAC WINNEBAGO LA CROSSE III<()WN ,328 OU'I'AGAMIE EAlJ CI..A1HE KENOSIIA 'I'I';N CUUN'I'll':;S ,762 3,152 1, ,851 s'r A'T'E( E,\(' 1\1(1 i nq Mi IWill1kl'f' ('()linl y)12, ,802 1,722 1, , ,151

$TABLE: 7 '1'1 'I'LE: 1985 JURY TRIALS PER 1000 POPULATION r()1 IN'T'Y DANE ru\c TNE WJ\IIJ<ESIIJ\. r JvJ '1 If' ",\S- ~. POPULATIQN.ClVIL EAMILY TQTAL_..J:URL-T.RIALS/-WO"Opo.pulatio.$

10 TABLE: 7 '1'1 'I'LE: 1985 JURY TRIALS PER 1000 POPULATION r()1 IN'T'Y DANE ru\c TNE WJ\IIJ<ESIIJ\. r JvJ '1 If' ",\S- ~. POPULATIQN.ClVIL EAMILY TQTAL_..J:URL-T.RIALS/-WO"Opo.pulatio.n- 336, , ;049 F()~I~.I~I.~.I~~C... ~.~-'-~~.~.._ WINNEI3AGO 135, a !~1\ \.~_O~2.~ 2.6, 17_7 BIWWN 185,141 () II 'T'l\( J\ M T p. 134,010 EAIJ CLATrm 83,675 KENOSHA 122,443 TEN COUNTIES 1,637,921 S'I'A'I'r-: ( p"c: Iud i nl) Milwaukee County)3,840, ? _... _??...._._

$'TABt\.: 8.$

11 'TABt\.: 8. TITLE: STATE TOTALS FOR AGE AT DISPOSI~IQN OF CIVLu CASES ( IN DAYS) AND NUMBER OF JURY TRIALS (EXCLUDING MILWAUKEE COUNTY). (1985)

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