MATTER OF DISCONTINUATION OF WIS. STATE BAR

No. 79-1801-OA.

93 Wis.2d 385 (1980)

286 N.W.2d 601

IN MATTER OF DISCONTINUATION OF STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN AS AN INTEGRATED BAR.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners there was a brief by John E. Armstrong, John F. Jenswold, Trayton L. Lathrop, all of Madison; David S. August, Milwaukee; Douglas W. Kramer, Portage; with Arthur DeBardeleben, Park Falls, and Steward G. Honeck, Milwaukee, of counsel, and oral argument by John E. Armstrong, John F. Jenswold and Trayton L. Lathrop, Madison; Thomas Swisher, Columbus, Ohio; and Arthur DeBardeleben, Park Falls.

There was also oral presentation by the following: Webster Hart of Eau Claire; Amedeo Greco, Steven Levine, Jack McManus, Joseph Owens, Douglas Nelson, Richard Calloway and David Weber, all of Madison.

For the State Bar of Wisconsin there was a brief by Glenn R. Coates, Racine, and oral argument by Glenn R. Coates and Lawrence J. Bugge of Madison.

There was also a brief by Robert F. Boden of Milwaukee, joined by Victor A. Miller, St. Nazianz, James D. Ghiardi and Charles W. Mentkowski, both of Milwaukee; and oral presentation by Robert F. Boden, James Baxter, Ted Johnson, Irvin Charne, all of Milwaukee, on behalf of the Milwaukee Bar Association.


PER CURIAM

On May 8, 1979, a petition was filed by five attorneys asking that this court discontinue the State Bar of Wisconsin as an integrated bar. The petitioners state that they caused a poll to be taken of all active members of the State Bar, numbering 9,319 lawyers, on the question "Do you favor the continuation of the State Bar of Wisconsin as an integrated bar?" According to the petitioners, the response to that question was 1,892 affirmative and 2...

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