- Louis B. Butler
Louis B. Butler is a former justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court . Butler was appointed to the Supreme Court by GovernorJim Doyle in August 2004; his term expired onJuly 31 ,2008 . He is the firstAfrican-American to serve on theWisconsin Supreme Court .Louis Butler was born and raised in
Chicago ,Illinois . He earned his bachelor’s degree fromLawrence University in 1973 and his law degree from theUniversity of Wisconsin Law School in 1977.After serving as an assistant state
public defender from 1979 to 1992, Louis Butler was appointed to the Municipal Court in Milwaukee,Wisconsin . He served as a municipal judge until 2002, when he was elected to Branch 9 of theMilwaukee County Circuit Court . Butler also served as an adjunct professor atMarquette University Law School .Butler was defeated by the Judge
Michael Gableman in the April 1, 2008 elections. Butler was the first sitting Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to be defeated in a reelection campaign since 1967. TheWall Street Journal argued this loss stemmed from opinions he wrote in medical malpractice, search and seizure and products liability cases. [cite web
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title = Wisconsin's Judicial Revolution
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publisher = "Wall Street Journal "
date =2008-04-05
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accessdate = 2008-05-27] Business groups, includingWisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) paid for an unprecedented number of issue ads in this campaign cycle. [cite journal
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location = Madison, Wisconsin
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