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Opinion No. Oag 7-91, (1991)

Wisconsin Attorney General Reports

Decided April 10, 1991Published

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES DUVALL, Corporation Counsel Buffalo County

You state that the closest hospital to the Buffalo County Jail is in Wabasha, Minnesota. The closest hospital to southern Buffalo County is in Winona, Minnesota. You ask whether a Wisconsin law enforcement officer may take a prisoner to Minnesota for emergency medical treatment, whether the officer may detain the prisoner when he is in Minnesota and whether the officer may bring the prisoner back into Wisconsin.

In my opinion, a law enforcement officer may take a prisoner out of Wisconsin for emergency medical treatment. However, upon leaving…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Appleyard v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. McLean v. Mississippi Ex Rel. RoyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1938
  3. State Ex Rel. Niederer v. CadyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
  4. David Whitney Chamberlain v. Richard F. CelesteCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
  5. State Ex Rel. Jackson v. FroelichWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977

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