IN THE MATTER OF JUDICIAL DISCIP. PROCEED. AGAINST TESMER

No. 97-1088-J.

219 Wis.2d 708 (1998)

580 N.W.2d 307

IN the MATTER OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST the Honorable Louise M. TESMER, Circuit Judge, Milwaukee County.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the Honorable Louise Tesmer, there were briefs by Ralph A. Weber and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Dueren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C., and Matthew T. Fricker and Kravit & Gass, S.C., all of Milwaukee and oral argument by Ralph A. Weber and Matthew T. Fricker.

For the Wisconsin Judicial Commission there was a brief by Frank M. Tuerkheimer and LaFollette & Sinykin and James C. Alexander and Wisconsin Judicial Commission, all of Madison, and oral argument by Frank M. Tuerkheimer.


¶ 1. PER CURIAM.

This is a review, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.91,1 of the findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendation for discipline of the judicial conduct panel concerning the conduct of the Honorable Louise M. Tesmer, circuit judge for Milwaukee county. The panel, by a divided vote, concluded that Judge Tesmer engaged in judicial misconduct by having a friend, who is a law professor, prepare for her use opinions...

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