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SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN

Case No.: 97-3238-W

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Opinion Filed: May 28, 1999

Submitted on Briefs:

Oral Argument: April 8, 1999

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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.

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.

¶1. 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.

¶2. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.

By the Court.-The decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.