Waukesha County v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission

¶ 1. The Wisconsin Professional Police Association appeals a circuit court declaratory judgment holding that a Waukesha County sheriffs deputy dismissed from employment by a sheriffs grievance committee may appeal the dismissal only to the circuit court, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 59.26 (2011-12).1 The Association contends the matter is not justiciable because the dismissal decision must first go to arbitration and therefore is not ripe for judicial determination. More substantively, it argues that, pursuant to the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision in Eau Claire County v. General Teamsters…