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IN RE FINDING OF CONTEMPT RELATIVE TO ATTORNEY'S FEES

No. 85-1082.

137 Wis.2d 65 (1987)

403 N.W.2d 438

IN the MATTER OF the FINDING OF CONTEMPT RELATIVE TO ATTORNEY'S FEES IN STATE of Wisconsin v. William LEHMAN: DOUGLAS COUNTY, Appellant, v. Robert EDWARDS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Stephen D. Meyer and corporation counsel for Douglas county, Superior, and oral argument by Stephen D. Meyer.

For the respondent there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Robert Edwards, Duluth, MN and the cause was argued by James Drill, New Richmond.

There was an amicus curiae brief by James M. Peterson, and Wisconsin Counties Association, Madison.

There was an amicus curiae brief (in the court of appeals) by James A. Drill, Lila M. Hambleton and Doar, Drill and Skow, S.C., New Richmond.

DAY, J.

This case comes to us on certification from the court of appeals and is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for Douglas county, Hon. Robert F. Pfiffner, Reserve Circuit Judge, ordering that Douglas county pay Attorney Robert Edwards $7,300 for his court-ordered legal services assisting Mr. William Lehman in his pro se defense on various criminal charges.

This order also found that the members of the Douglas County Board of Supervisors...

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