St. John v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board

The majority opinion states the facts which brought this action to this court and concludes that the plaintiffs have already had a complete adjudication in the State courts of all of the issues they raise here and thus are now barred from litigating these issues by the doctrine of res judicata. Our dissent is prompted by the belief that the issues raised in this action were not finally adjudicated in the State action, and that plaintiffs are entitled to an adjudication of these issues.

In the complaint which plaintiffs filed in the Circuit court of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, plaintiffs…