Legal Opinion
Douglas County v. Edwards
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided April 8, 1987No. 85-1082PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
This case comes to us on certification from the court of appeals and is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for Douglas county, Hon. Robert F. Pfiffner, Reserve Circuit Judge, ordering that Douglas county pay Attorney Robert Edwards $7,300 for his court-ordered legal services assisting Mr. William Lehman in his pro se defense on various criminal charges.
This order also found that the members of the Douglas County Board of Supervisors "wilfully and contemptuously” disobeyed an earlier court order to pay Attorney Edwards, and each member was ordered *67confined to the Douglas County Jail…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- State v. HolmesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1982
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- State v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
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3Cited by51 opinions
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