Legal Opinion
Haka v. Lincoln County
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 4, 2008No. 3:06-cv-00594PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.
“You know what happens to whistle blowers in Lincoln County? They get fired.” At least, that’s the view expressed by one member of defendant Lincoln County Board of Supervisors while discussing a complaint accusing defendant Lincoln County of falsely claiming that it was entitled to federal reimbursement for certain activities related to child support enforcement. Plaintiff David Haka helped his boss investigate the complaint.
A few months after that complaint was filed with the United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin,…
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