Legal Opinion
Skow v. Goodrich
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided April 11, 1991No. 90-0213PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEich, C.J.
Circuit Court Judge Jon B. Skow appeals from an order dismissing his declaratory judgment action. The issue is whether the special action release program created by Wis. Adm. Code sec. DOC 302.32 — which authorizes the early release on probation of certain prison inmates — violates the separation of powers doctrine. We conclude that it does not and affirm the order.
Judge Skow sought a judgment declaring the program unconstitutional. * The Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the department (collectively, the "department") moved to dismiss for failure to…
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