IN MATTER OF JOHN DOE PROCEEDING

Nos. 01-3220-W, 02-0446-W and 02-0831-W.

260 Wis.2d 653 (2003)

2003 WI 30

660 N.W.2d 260

IN the MATTER OF a JOHN DOE PROCEEDING COMMENCED BY AFFIDAVIT DATED JULY 25, 2001: STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. UNNAMED PERSON No.1, Petitioner, STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. UNNAMED PERSON No.2, Petitioner, STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. UNNAMED PERSON No.3, Petitioner, v. STATE of Wisconsin and the Honorable Sarah B. O'Brien, presiding, Respondents, The CAPITAL TIMES COMPANY, Ron McCrea, City Editor of the Capital Times, Journal Sentinel, Inc. and Mark Maley, State News Editor for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 1, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner, Unnamed Person No. 1, there were briefs by Franklyn M. Gimbel and Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Franklyn M. Gimbel.

For the petitioner, Unnamed Person No. 2, there were briefs by Stephen L. Morgan, Suzanne Lee, and Murphy & Desmond, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Stephen L. Morgan.

For the petitioner, Unnamed Person No. 3, there were briefs by Lisa C. Goldman, Robert F. Nagel, and Law Offices of Robert Nagel, Madison, and oral argument by Lisa C. Goldman.

For the respondent, State of Wisconsin, the cause was argued by Alan Lee, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the respondent, Honorable Sarah B. O'Brien, there was a brief by Nancy E. Wheeler and Knuteson, Powers & Wheeler, S.C., Racine, and Robert E. Hankel and Robert E. Hankel, S.C., Racine, and oral argument by Robert E. Hankel.

For the intervenors there were briefs by Robert J. Dreps, Katherine Stadler, and LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, and oral argument by Katherine Stadler.


¶ 1. PER CURIAM.

We review certified questions relating to three petitions for supervisory writ filed in connection with a John Doe proceeding pending before the Honorable Sarah B. O'Brien, a Dane County Circuit Court judge. See In the Matter of a John Doe Proceeding Commenced by Affidavit dated July 25, 2001; Nos. 01-3220-W, 02-0446-W, 02-0831-W, Certification Mem. (Wis. Ct. App. July 5, 2002). Three witnesses...

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