March 30, 1995
On March 29, 1995, Cindy Chick <cchick@netcom.com> wrote to LAW-LIB:
> By the way, I understand that copies of audio-
> tapes of the Wisconsin hearing are available
> from the Wisconsin Supreme Court. I don't have
> all the details handy, but it involves sending
> blank tapes and self-addressed envelope.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court routinely tapes oral presentations
and makes duplicate tapes for anyone who requests them. The
court does not charge for this service, but the person making the
request must provide blank audiotapes for the copies.
If you want a set of the audiotapes of the hearing held March 21,
1995 on the Wisconsin citation-reform proposal, send a cover
letter and THREE blank, 120-minute cassette audiotapes to:
Ms. Marilyn Graves
Clerk of Court
Wisconsin Supreme Court
State Capitol
P.O. Box 1688
Madison, Wisconsin 53701-1688
Tel. (608) 266-1880
The cover letter should indicate you would like duplicate tapes
of the hearing on No. 95-01, "In the Matter of the Amendment of
Supreme Court Rules: Electronic Archive of Appellate Opinions,
Rules and Orders Citation of Wisconsin Appellate Opinions -- SCR
80.01 and 80.02." Please include a pre-addressed, postage-paid
reply envelope; a padded mailer is recommended to protect the
tapes.
The court typically handles audiotape requests quickly, often
mailing the tapes back within 24 hours of receipt.
We have learned from Laura Olsen Dugan, the law librarian at
LaFollette & Sinykin (the Madison law firm that represented West
Publishing Company at the March 21 hearing), that West arranged
for an independent transcriptionist to transcribe the audiotapes
and that the transcript will be filed with the court by Monday,
April 3.
We hope this information helps anyone seeking to learn more about
the Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing on the Wisconsin citation-
reform proposal. We attended the entire hearing, which ran
nearly four hours. We think anyone not yet exhausted by the
discussion of citation reform will find these materials
informative, revealing, surprising, and useful for evaluating the
arguments, pro and con, about citation reform and for providing
insight into the views of the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices
about citation reform. In particular, the audiotapes add texture
by conveying aspects of the hearing, such as the tone of voice
used by presenters and by the Justices, that the printed
transcript cannot.
Chris and Jill Wren
Madison, Wisconsin
cgwren@acm.org
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