Title: James D. Luedtke v. Daniel Bertrand
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 1997AP003238-W
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: May 28, 1999

SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
Case No.: 
97-3238-W 
 
 
Complete Title 
of Case: 
 
 
State of Wisconsin ex rel. James D. Luedtke,  
 
Petitioner, 
 
v. 
Daniel Bertrand,  
 
Respondent-Petitioner.  
 
ON REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 
Reported at:  220 Wis. 2d 574, 583 N.W.2d 858 
 
 
 
(Ct. App. 1998, Published) 
 
 
Opinion Filed: 
May 28, 1999 
Submitted on Briefs: 
 
Oral Argument: 
April 8, 1999 
 
 
Source of APPEAL 
 
COURT: 
Circuit 
 
COUNTY: 
Dane 
 
JUDGE: 
Gerald C. Nichol 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
Concurred: 
 
 
Dissented: 
 
 
Not Participating: Wilcox, J., did not participate. 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
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. 
 
No. 
97-3238-W 
 
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NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further editing and 
modification.  The final version will appear in 
the bound volume of the official reports. 
 
 
No. 97-3238-W 
 
STATE OF WISCONSIN               :        
        
 
 
 
 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
State of Wisconsin ex rel. James D.  
Luedtke,  
 
          Petitioner, 
 
     v. 
 
Daniel Bertrand,  
 
          Respondent-Petitioner.  
FILED 
 
MAY 28, 1999 
 
Marilyn L. Graves 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
Madison, WI 
 
 
 
 
 
REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals.  Affirmed. 
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PER CURIAM.   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. 
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Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is 
affirmed. 
By the Court.—The decision of the court of appeals is 
affirmed. 
 
 
 
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