Wisconsin Professional Police Ass'n v. County of Dane

This case is before us by grant of a joint petition to bypass the court of appeals made on behalf of appellant William H. Ferris and petitioner-respondent Wisconsin Professional Police Association, from an order of the Circuit Court for Dane County, HON. P. CHARLES JONES, Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether the sheriff is limited in his selection of a “court officer” by a collective bargaining agreement entered into between a union representing the non-supervisory deputies on the sheriff’s staff and Dane county operating through the county board.

We conclude that under the Wisconsin…