2004 WI 53

 

 

 

Supreme Court of Wisconsin

 

 

 

 

 

Case No.:

02-0528

Complete Title:

 

 

Daniel Lynch and Judith O. Lynch,

          Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-

          Respondents-Petitioners,

 

     v.

 

Carriage Ridge, LLC,

          Defendant-Respondent,

 

Thomas F. Bunbury and Ronald T. Restaino,

          Defendants-Respondents-Cross-

          Appellants-Cross Petitioners.

 

 

 

REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS

Reported at:  266 Wis. 2d 1059, 668 N.W.2d 562

(Ct. App. 2003-Unpublished)

 

 

Opinion Filed:

May 18, 2004 

Submitted on Briefs:

      

Oral Argument:

April 29, 2004 

 

 

Source of Appeal:

 

 

Court:

Circuit 

 

County:

Dane 

 

Judge:

David T. Flanagan 

 

 

 

Justices:

 

 

Concurred:

      

 

Dissented:

      

 

Not Participating:

ROGGENSACK, J., did not participate. 

 

 

 

Attorneys:

 

For the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-respondents-petitioners there were briefs by Gary A. Ahrens, Christine Cooney Mansour and Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Gary A. Ahrens.

 

For the defendants-respondents-cross-appellants-cross petitioners there were briefs by Brian E. Butler, Michelle M. Affatati and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Brian E. Butler.

 

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief by Terry E. Johnson, Maria D. Sanders and Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee.

 

2004 WI 53

notice

This opinion is subject to further editing and modification.  The final version will appear in the bound volume of the official reports. 

No.  02-0528

(L.C. No.

00 CV 1957)

STATE OF WISCONSIN                   :

IN SUPREME COURT

 

 

Daniel Lynch and Judith O. Lynch,

 

          Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-

          Respondents-Petitioners,

 

     v.

 

Carriage Ridge, LLC,

 

          Defendant-Respondent,

 

Thomas F. Bunbury and Ronald T. Restaino,

 

 

          Defendants-Respondents-Cross-

          Appellants-Cross Petitioners.

 

FILED

 

MAY 18, 2004

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1     PER CURIAM.   The court is equally divided on the question of whether the decision of the court of appeals, Lynch v. Carriage Ridge, unpublished per curiam op. (Wis. Ct. App. July 24, 2003), should be affirmed or reversed.  Chief Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice ANN WALSH BRADLEY, and Justice DAVID T. PROSSER would affirm; Justice JON P. WILCOX, Justice N. PATRICK CROOKS, and Justice DIANE S. SYKES would reverse.  Justice PATIENCE D. ROGGENSACK did not participate. 

2     Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.