STATE v. BIG JOHN

No. 86-1948.

146 Wis.2d 741 (1988)

432 N.W.2d 576

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. Kenneth BIG JOHN, Gilbert Chapman, Robert A. Chapman, Jerry A. Christensen, James Cross, Goldie Larson, Duane E. Poupart, John V. Snow and Steve K. St. Germain, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided December 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Maureen A. McGlynn, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by James M. Jannetta, Kathryn L. Tierney and Lac du Flambeau Tribal Office, Lac du Flambeau.


LOUIS J. CECI, J.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, State v. Big John, 140 Wis.2d 322, 409 N.W.2d 455 (Ct. App. 1987), which affirmed an order of the circuit court for Oneida county, Robert E. Kinney, Circuit Judge, dismissing citations issued to each of the nine respondents. The issue presented for review is whether the State of Wisconsin (petitioner) has jurisdiction...

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