STATE EX REL. TARNEY v. McCORMACK

No. 79-1786-W.

99 Wis.2d 220 (1980)

298 N.W.2d 552

STATE EX REL. Anne J. TARNEY, Petitioner, v. Francis X. McCORMACK, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Clerk, Edward S. Vakos, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Calendar Clerk, Honorable John F. Foley, Chief Judge of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Family Division, Branch 7, Honorable Christ T. Seraphim, Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Family Division, Branch 11 and Richard Tarney, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there was oral argument by Robert E. Cook of Cook & Franke, S.C., Milwaukee.

For respondent Richard Tarney there was oral argument by Milton Padway of Padway & Padway, Milwaukee.

Other respondents represented by F. Joseph Sensenbrenner, Jr., assistant attorney general.


Reversing Court of Appeals opinion not submitted for publication.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

This is a review of the court of appeals' denial of a petition for issuance of a supervisory writ1 to compel the appropriate officials of the circuit courts for Milwaukee county to honor petitioner's request for substitution of a judge pursuant to sec. 801.58, Stats. We reverse the decision and...

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