State ex rel. Luedtke v. Bertrand
| Decision Date | 28 May 1999 |
| Docket Number | No. 97-3238-W,97-3238-W |
| Citation | 226 Wis.2d 271,594 N.W.2d 370 |
| Parties | STATE of Wisconsin ex rel. James D. LUEDTKE, Petitioner, v. Daniel BERTRAND, Respondent-Petitioner. |
| Court | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals. Affirmed.
For the respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Jody J. Schmelzer, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Charles D. Hoornstra, assistant attorney general and James D. Doyle, attorney general.
For the petitioner there was a brief by Stephen M. Compton and Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall, S.C., Janesville and oral argument by Stephen M. Compton.
The court is equally divided on whether to affirm or reverse the published decision of the court of appeals, State ex rel. Luedtke v. Bertrand, 220 Wis.2d 574, 583 N.W.2d 858 (Ct.App.1998). Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson and Justices Ann Walsh Bradley and David T. Prosser would affirm; Justices Donald W. Steinmetz, William A. Bablitch and N. Patrick Crooks would reverse. Justice Jon P. Wilcox withdrew from participation.
¶2 Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.
The decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.
WILCOX, J., did not participate.
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