Katzman v. State of Wisconsin Ethics Board

The State of Wisconsin Ethics Board and Attorney General James Doyle appeal a decision and order which granted declaratory and injunctive relief to JoAnn and William Katzman. William is a lobbyist. The circuit court concluded that the statute prohibiting lobbyists from making contributions to incumbents and candidates for partisan elective state office, except during a specified period preceding general elections, "cannot be violated by a political contribution made by a lobbyist's spouse from marital funds." The court thus enjoined the board "from investigating political contributions made…