CANFIELD v. WIS. BD. OF ATTYS. PROFESSIONAL COMP.

No. 79-C-315.

490 F.Supp. 1286 (1980)

Robert E. CANFIELD, Plaintiff, v. WISCONSIN BOARD OF ATTORNEYS PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; Patrick T. Sheedy, Peter R. Dohr, James E. Garvey, Julilly Kohler Hausmann, Dr. Francis Kruse, Marygold Shire Melli, Kathryn R. Anderson, Michael K. McChrystal, J. Paul Morrow, all members of the Board of Attorneys Professional Competence; Bruce F. Beilfuss, Nathan S. Heffernan, John L. Coffey, Connor T. Hansen, William G. Callow, Roland B. Day, Shirley S. Abramson, All Justices of the Supreme Court of State of Wisconsin; Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin; State of Wisconsin, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

May 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Canfield, Graves, Greenwald & Maier, Rockford, Ill., for plaintiff.

LeRoy L. Dalton, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wisconsin, Bronson C. La Follette, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES E. DOYLE, Chief Judge.

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief. Jurisdiction is present, 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, except as to certain defendants as explained below. The defendants named in the heading of the original complaint (Wisconsin Board of Attorneys Professional Competence (the Board); Patrick T. Sheedy (Chairman of that Board); "Supreme...

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