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STATE EX REL. BAKER v. COUNTY COURT

29 Wis.2d 1 (1965)

STATE EX REL. BAKER, Petitioner, v. COUNTY COURT OF ROCK COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there was a brief and oral argument by J. Gordon Baker of Evansville, pro se.

For the respondent there was a brief by Garrigan, Keithley, O'Neal, Dobson & Elliott and Roger D. O'Neal, all of Beloit, and oral argument by Roger D. O'Neal, and by Warren H. Resh of Madison of counsel.

A brief amici curiae was filed by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, Warren H. Resh, assistant attorney general, and John B. McCarthy of Madison, for the attorney general and the State Bar of Wisconsin.

A brief amicus curiae was filed by Joseph W. Wilkus of Sheboygan, chairman, and Wendell McHenry of Waupaca, secretary, for the Wisconsin Board of County Judges.

A brief amicus curiae was filed by Wayland B. Cedarquist of Chicago, Illinois; Jonathan F. Ells, Winsted, Connecticut; James T. Jennings, Roswell, New Mexico; George G. Lorinczi, Milwaukee; Warren H. Resh, Madison; Sherwood Spencer, Hollywood, Florida; William P. Waggener, Denver, Colorado; and Melvin F. Adler, Fort Worth, Texas, attorneys, and Lorinczi & Weiss, George G. Lorinczi and Robert K. Steuer of counsel, all of Milwaukee, for the American Bar Association.

FAIRCHILD, J.

County Judge ROANG, the respondent, offers as justification for his refusal to act upon the papers presented by Mr. Baker, the proposition that in conducting probate proceedings Mr. Baker is engaging in the practice of law. Mr. Baker disputes this proposition, and contends, further, that such refusal impairs his rights under sec. 4, art. I, Wis. Const.; sec. 9, art. I, Wis. Const.; sec. 20, art. VII, Wis. Const., and sec. 1 of the Fourteenth amendment...

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