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SWAN v. LAFOLLETTE

No. 99-0127.

231 Wis.2d 633 (1999)

605 N.W.2d 640

Monroe SWAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Douglas LAFOLLETTE and James Doyle, Jr., Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 24, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Monroe Swan, pro se.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Peter C. Anderson, assistant attorney general.

Before Dykman, P.J., Eich and Vergeront, JJ.

¶ 1. VERGERONT, J.

Monroe Swan filed this action against the secretary of state and the attorney general after he was denied the opportunity to become a notary public due to prior federal felony convictions. The complaint requested a declaratory ruling that the 1996 amendment to article XIII, section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution prohibiting convicted felons from holding an office of public trust is a violation of the United States Constitution and therefore...

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