Donald Steinmetz, 88, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS September 4, 2013 11:48PM
This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Court System shows former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Donald Steinmetz. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Donald Steinmetz has died at age 88. His death on Aug. 31, 2013 was announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Court System) ORG XMIT: NY125
MADISON, Wis. — Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Donald Steinmetz has died at age 88.
His death on Aug. 31 was announced Wednesday by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.
Mr. Steinmetz was elected to the state Supreme Court in 1980 and served until 1999.
His obituary says Mr. Steinmetz, author of the high court’s decision upholding school choice, considered it to be the pinnacle of his career as a lawyer and judge. It preceded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding school choice and was cited in the opinion.
Mr. Steinmetz also served as an assistant city attorney, assistant district attorney, county judge, and circuit court judge in Milwaukee, where he was born in 1924.
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