Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Education Ass'n Council v. Walker
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided March 30, 2012No. 11-cv-428-wmcPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM M. CONLEY, District Judge.
With the passage of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, denominated the “Budget Repair Bill,” the State of Wisconsin took a sweeping right turn from a half century of developments in the rights of its public employees to unionize, collectively bargain and collect union dues. 1 Plaintiffs, representing seven of Wisconsin’s largest public unions, do not challenge this exercise of political will by the Legislature or Governor, apparently acknowledging that the wisdom of this change is for the court of public opinion — a forum where heated discourse and…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by5 opinions
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