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2001 WI 59
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
Case No.:

99-3297-OA

Complete Title of Case:

Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Inc., John Charewicz, David Mahoney, Susan Armagost, Steven Urso and State Engineering Association, by its President, Thomas H. Miller, David Buschkopf, Ross Johnson, Melvin Sensenbrenner, Bernard Kranz and Thomas H. Miller, Petitioners, v. George Lightbourn, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Jack C. Voight, Wisconsin State Treasurer, Wisconsin Education Association Council, by its President Terry Craney and its Vice-President, Stan Johnson, and Donald Krahn, Margaret Guertler, Gerald Martin and Phyllis Pope, Respondents.

ORIGINAL ACTION June 12, 2001 October 4, 2000

Opinion Filed: Submitted on Briefs: Oral Argument:

Source of APPEAL COURT: COUNTY: JUDGE:

JUSTICES: Concur: Concur & Dissent: Dissent: Not Participating:

BABLITCH, J., concurs and dissents (opinion filed). ABRAHAMSON, C.J., dissents (opinion filed). BRADLEY, J., joins dissent.

ATTORNEYS:

For the petitioners, Wisconsin Professional

Police Association, Inc., John Charewicz, David Mahoney, Susan Armagost and Steven Urso, there were briefs by Lester A. Pines, Carol Grob, Linda Harfst and Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, Madison, and oral argument by Lester A. Pines.

For the petitioners, State Engineering Association, Thomas H. Miller, David Bushkopf, Ross Johnson, Melvin Sensenbrenner, and Bernard Kranz, there were briefs by Michael E. Banks and Haus, Resnick and Roman, LLP, Madison, and oral argument by William Haus.

For the respondents, George Lightbourn, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, and Jack C. Voight, Wisconsin State Treasurer, there was a brief by Ann Ustad Smith and Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Ann Ustad Smith.

For the respondents, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Terry Craney, Stan Johnson, Donald Krahn, Margaret Guertler, Gerald Martin and Phyllis Pope, there was a brief by Lucy T. Brown, Anthony L. Sheehan, Michael J. Van Sistine and Wisconsin Education Association Council, Madison, and oral argument by Anthony L. Sheehan.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Timothy E. Hawks and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, Ehlke, Hawks & Domer, Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Federation of Teachers, WFT, AFT, AFL-CIO.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Bruce F. Ehlke and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, Ehlke, Hawks & Domer, Milwaukee, on behalf of the AFSCME District Council 40.

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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.

99-3297-OA : IN SUPREME COURT

STATE OF WISCONSIN

Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Inc., John Charewicz, David Mahoney, Susan Armagost, Steven Urso and State Engineering Association, by its President, Thomas H. Miller, David Buschkopf, Ross Johnson, Melvin Sensenbrenner, Bernard Kranz and Thomas H. Miller, Petitioners, v. George Lightbourn, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Jack C. Voight, Wisconsin State Treasurer, Wisconsin Education Association Council, by its President Terry Craney and its Vice-President, Stan Johnson, and Donald Krahn, Margaret Guertler, Gerald Martin and Phyllis Pope, Respondents.

FILED
JUN 12, 2001
Cornelia G. Clark Clerk of Supreme Court Madison, WI

ORIGINAL ACTION for declaratory judgment. rights; relief denied.

Declaration of

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