SCHATZKE v. EARL

No. 82-1748.

115 Wis.2d 546 (1983)

340 N.W.2d 745

Jack L. SCHATZKE, Carl Pfantz, Fred Will, Jr., James K. Campbell, Sr., Paul W. Warner, Vesper E. Holtz, William E. Singsime, Lyle R. Kuckkan, and Arthur E. Leadingham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Anthony EARL, Phillip Paske, a/k/a Philip Paskey, and Gordon Landphier, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Roy T. Traynor of Wausau and David A.Saichek and Saichek & Hertel, S.C., of Milwaukee.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Charles A. Bleck, assistant attorney general.

Before Foley, P.J., Dean and Cane, JJ.


DEAN, J.

Appellants appeal from a judgment dismissing their complaint for damages under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West 1981), for a violation of their right to privacy. They contend that the placement of a concealed listening device, intended to overhear their private conversations, was a violation of their right to privacy under the United States Constitution.1 Because none of the appellants' private conversations were overheard, we conclude...

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