Soon after she was elected chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Patience Roggensack demanded her pay be raised by $8,000 a year and tried to move into another justice’s office, according to a court filing Monday.
The filing is the latest sign of a squabble between Roggensack and Shirley Abrahamson, who maintains she is still chief justice and has sued in federal court to hold that job until 2019. The allegations come from Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, a close ally of Abrahamson, the court’s leading liberal.
Roggensack and her attorney did not respond to requests for comments Monday, but Roggensack has said she is looking to build more consensus on the court and restore its reputation. The court has faced criticism from around the country for infighting, name-calling and an altercation in which Justice David Prosser put his hands on Bradley’s neck.