MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted Monday in its first public administrative conference in more than a decade to reduce from 20 years to two years the time when most eviction records must be kept on the state court website.The court voted 4-3, with liberals in support and conservatives against, for shortening the record-keeping on the state court website, commonly referred to by the acronym CCAP.
Legal Action of Wisconsin sought the change for cases where there is no money judgment against a tenant. At a hearing last month, tenant advocates said the change would help renters with eviction histories, since many landlords rely solely on the statewide court website for determining whether to rent to someone.Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects GOP call to recuse on redistricting casesJustice Brian Hagedorn dissented.
“It just feels odd to me this court would get into it this way by shutting down access to records,” Hagedorn said Monday. “That’s a significant thing.” Numerous landlord groups, including the Wisconsin Realtors Association, opposed the proposal. They argued that changing the rule could result in landlords charging higher rental deposits tAo protect themselves, a change that will negatively affect all renters.
Justices voted to make the change in an open conference, something they haven’t held since 2012. The court’s new liberal majorityseeking to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps. Newly elected liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz decided against recusing in that case, despite threats from Republican lawmakers to impeach her if she hears it.
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