COLEMAN v. PERCY

No. 77-615.

86 Wis.2d 336 (1978)

272 N.W.2d 118

COLEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PERCY, and another, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender; and oral argument by Elizabeth Alexander, assistant state public defender.

For the respondents the cause was argued by Edward S. Marion, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Bablitch and Dykman, JJ.


GARTZKE, P.J.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court for Dane County which dismissed appellant's complaint. We affirm.

The primary issue is whether a prison inmate who entered a Mutual Agreement Program (MAP) contract with the Department of Health and Social Services may bring an action for a declaratory judgment and money damages for breach of the contract.

Plaintiff was an inmate in the Wisconsin State Reformatory in Green Bay in...

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