Elections Board v. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

227 Wis.2d 650 (1999)

597 N.W.2d 721

ELECTIONS BOARD OF the STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS & COMMERCE, WMC Issues Mobilization Council, Inc., ABC Corporation and XYZ Corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

No. 98-0596.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Oral argument January 7, 1999.

Decided July 7, 1999.

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was argued by Cynthia R. Hirsch, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs (in the Court of Appeals) was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief (in the Court of Appeals) by Robert J.…