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FERRIS v. STATE EX REL. MAASS

No. 75-227.

75 Wis.2d 542 (1977)

249 N.W.2d 789

FERRIS, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE EX REL. MAASS, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Carl L. Ricciardi, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Scott Minter, assistant attorney general.

For the defendant in error there was a brief and oral argument by Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender.

DAY, J.

The question before us is whether an indigent is entitled to court-appointed counsel at public expense when a state agency (Department of Natural Resources) seeks to enforce its orders through the coercion of imprisonment for contempt. We hold the answer is yes.

After an investigation, the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources (D.N.R.) concluded that Harold Maass (petitioner...

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