Portage County v. E. R. R.

2021 WI 22, 955 N.W.2d 405, 396 Wis. 2d 12

• Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Decided: March 9, 2021
• Docket: 2019AP002033
• Status: Published

Opinion

2021 WI 22

SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN CASE NO.: 2019AP2033

COMPLETE TITLE: In the matter of the mental commitment of E. R. R.:

Portage County, Petitioner-Respondent, v. E. R. R., Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

REVIEW OF DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS Reported at 392 Wis. 2d 909,945 N.W.2d 375 (2020 – unpublished)

OPINION FILED: March 9, 2021 SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: ORAL ARGUMENT: December 10, 2020

SOURCE OF APPEAL: COURT: Circuit COUNTY: Portage JUDGE: Thomas B. Eagon

JUSTICES: PER CURIAM. The court of the appeals’ decision is affirmed by an equally divided court. NOT PARTICIPATING: ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., withdrew from participation

ATTORNEYS: For the respondent-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Colleen Marion, assistant state public defender. There was an oral argument by Colleen Marion.

For the petitioner-respondent, there was a brief filed by Brianna L. Sweeney, interim deputy corporation counsel, and Tiffany R. Wunderlin, corporation counsel. There was an oral argument by Brianna L. Sweeney. An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Disability Rights Wisconsin by Guy R. Temple, Claudia T. Brokish and Reinhart Boerner Van Duren, S.C., Milwaukee.

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NOTICE This opinion is subject to further editing and modification. The final version will appear in the bound volume of the official reports. No. 2019AP2033 (L.C. No. 2018ME88)

STATE OF WISCONSIN : IN SUPREME COURT

In the matter of the mental commitment of E. R. R.:

FILED Portage County, MAR 9, 2021 Petitioner-Respondent, Sheila T. Reiff v. Clerk of Supreme Court

E. R. R.,

Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

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

¶1 PER CURIAM. The court of appeals' decision is

affirmed by an equally divided court.

¶2 ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., withdrew from participation. No. 2019AP2033