Legal Opinion
Scocos v. State Department of Veteran Affairs
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 28, 2012No. 2011AP1178PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUNDSTEN, PJ.
¶ 1. After John Scocos returned to state service in 2009 as the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, following his military service in Iraq, Scocos was removed by a vote of the Department of Veterans Affairs Board. Thereafter, Scocos sued the Department and board members, alleging violations of Wis. Stat. § 321.64(2)1 and federal law. The State moved to dismiss claims based on § 321.64(2) and federal law, asserting sovereign immunity from such claims. The State argued that the legislature did not clearly and expressly waive the State's sovereign immunity…
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