DOC v. KLIESMET

No. 96-2292.

211 Wis.2d 254 (1997)

564 N.W.2d 742

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert B. KLIESMET, Sheriff of Milwaukee County and Milwaukee County, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was argued by Robert D. Repasky, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by John R. Decker and Decker & Gunta, S.C., Milwaukee, and Robert G. Ott, Corporation Counsel, Milwaukee, and oral argument by John R. Decker.


¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

The court of appeals, by certification, asks us to review an order of the circuit court1 vacating a permanent injunction against the Sheriff of Milwaukee County (Sheriff). The issue presented is whether the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) can place its detainees in a county jail over the safety objection of the sheriff. The DOC asserts that it is statutorily authorized to place its detainees in...

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