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No.  93-2873

 

STATE OF WISCONSIN             :                IN SUPREME COURT

                                                                 

 

 

Russell M. Ware,

 

     Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner,

 

     v.

 

Adrian P. Schoone,

Richard A. Fortune and

Mark J. Leuck,

 

     Defendants-Respondents-Respondents,

 

Schoone, Fortune & Leuck, S.C.,

 

          Defendant.

 

      FILED

 

  MAR 29, 1996

 

                  Marilyn L. Graves

            Clerk of Supreme Court

                       Madison, WI

                                                                 

 

 

     REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals.  Affirmed.

     PER CURIAM.   The court is equally divided on the question of whether the unpublished decision of the court of appeals should be affirmed or reversed, Chief Justice ROLAND B. DAY, Justice JON P. WILCOX, and Justice ANN WALSH BRADLEY being of the opinion that the decision should be affirmed, and Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice DONALD W. STEINMETZ, and Justice JANINE P. GESKE being of the opinion that the decision should be reversed.  Justice WILLIAM A. BABLITCH did not participate. 

     Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.

 

  SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN

 

                                                            

 

Case No.:         93-2873

                                                            

 

Complete Title

of Case: Russell M. Ware,

                    Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner,

                    v.

               Adrian P. Schoone, Richard A. Fortune and

               Mark J. Leuck,

                    Defendants-Respondents,

               Schoone, Fortune & Leuck, S.C.,

                    Defendant.

               ________________________________________

 

               REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

               Reported at:  191 Wis. 2d 359, 530 N.W.2d 69

                              (Ct. App. 1995)

                              UNPUBLISHED

 

                                                            

 

Opinion Filed:      March 29, 1996

Submitted on Briefs:

Oral Argument:     February 27, 1996

 

                                                            

 

Source of APPEAL

                COURT:     Circuit

                COUNTY:     Racine

                JUDGE:     JOHN R. RACE

 

                                                            

 

JUSTICES:   

                Concurred:  

                Dissented:  

                Not Participating:     BABLITCH, J., did not participate

                                                            

 

ATTORNEYS:      For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by L. William Staudenmaier, Alexander T. Pendleton and Cook & Franke, S.C., Milwaukee and oral argument by L. William Staudenmaier.

 

     For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by Thomas M. Devine, David A. Wolfe and Hostak, Henzl & Bichler, S.C., Racine and oral argument by Thomas M. Devine.