Court Opinion

ID: 9670528
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:22:02.916688+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:51:21.429804
License: Public Domain

STEINMETZ, J.
(concurring). The attorney fees awarded plaintiff's attorneys, Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. (LAW), are a matter of financial consequence between LAW and its budget provider or providers. It cannot be said that taxpayers pay the support of LAW for the services it provides for persons unable to afford an attorney and that now the defendant, a taxpayer, pays LAW again as a result of this decision. The defendant in this case is truly a taxpayer in both circumstances, but here he is ordered to pay attorney fees to LAW as a law violator, since he was found by the trial court to have improperly withheld plaintiff’s security *363deposit contrary to Wis. Adm. Code sec. Ag 134.06(2) and (4). It is for that violation that the attorney fees were awarded.