MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has released a highly unusual decision in which none of the justices identified how they ruled in a tie vote for the first time in nearly 40 years. The court issued a two-sentence opinion Tuesday saying it had reached a 3-3 tie in a dispute between a cargo company’s co-owners. The ruling noted that Justice Dan Kelly didn’t participate but didn’t say how any of the justices voted. Justice Shirley Abrahamson wrote a concurrence noting the ruling was the first time since 1979 there was a tie vote in which the court didn’t state the names of the participating justices and how each voted. She accused the court of changing its historical practices.
