State Ex Rel. Morke v. Donnelly

CALLOW, WILLIAM G., J.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, State ex rel. Morke v. Donnelly, 151 Wis. 2d 219, 444 N.W.2d 730 (Ct. App. 1989), which affirmed an order of the circuit court for Dane County, Judge Angela B. Bartell. The order of the circuit court granted Jennifer Donnelly's (Donnelly's) motion to quash the alternative writ of mandamus that the circuit court had previously issued. The circuit court granted the motion to quash because it concluded that Thomas R. Morke's (Morke's) petition for writ of mandamus failed to state a cause of action under the public…