Court Opinion

ID: 9717321
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:01:43.423179+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:52.565431
License: Public Domain

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.
(concurring). I agree with the majority’s remand of this case to the court of appeals for a disposition on the remaining issues. Inasmuch as I have recently begun to register my objection to the practice of remanding cases to the court of appeals,* I write separately to explain why I conclude remand is appropriate in this case.
As a general rule I do not think this court, after deciding several issues in a case, should remand remaining issues to the court of appeals for decision when these *562issues have been briefed and presented to this court. In the interest of judicial economy, speedy resolution of appeals, reduced costs to the litigants, and finality of decisions, if all the issues have been briefed I would have this court decide the entire case when it is before us on review.
In this case, however, remand to the court of appeals is, in my opinion, entirely appropriate. The substantive issues involved in the divorce action have never been briefed by the parties or presented in any way in the court of appeals or in this court. The court of appeals dismissed the appeal in this case prior to briefing on the ground that the notice of appeal was not timely. We conclude the appeal was timely. Under these circumstances the court of appeals should receive the briefs and decide the substantive issues presented on appeal.

 See, e.g., Shopper Advertiser, Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Revenue, 117 Wis. 2d 223, 236, 344 N.W.2d 115 (1984); Radtke v. Milwaukee, 116 Wis. 2d 550, 558, 342 N.W.2d 435 (1984); Crown Life Ins. Co. v. LaBonte, 111 Wis. 2d 26, 45-46, 330 N.W.2d 209 (1983).