Barnhill v. Board of Regents of the UW System

CALLOW, WILLIAM, G., J.

This is a review under sec. (Rule) 809.62, Stats., of a published decision of the court of appeals, Barnhill v. Board of Regents, 158 Wis. 2d 278, 462 N.W.2d 249 (Ct. App. 1990). The court of appeals affirmed a decision of the Dane county circuit court, Judge Susan R. Steingass, and held that defendants Sharp and Lee violated Barnhill's First Amendment right of free speech when they terminated Barnhill's employment in retaliation for leaking confidential survey questions to a newspaper during the taking of the survey. However, the court of appeals remanded the case to…