Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Professional Police Ass'n v. Lightbourn
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 2001No. 99-3297-OAPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid T. Prosser, J.
¶ 1. This is an original action under Article VII, Section 3(2) of the Wisconsin Constitution.1
¶ 2. The petitioners consist of two groups: (1) the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Inc. (WPPA) and several of its individual members, and (2) the State Engineering Association (SEA), by its president, Thomas H. Miller, and several of SEA's individual members. The interests and claims of these petitioners are not identical, but all petitioners challenge the constitutionality of portions of 1999 Wisconsin Act 11 (Act 11) as amended by 1999 Wiscon*529sin Act 12.2 Together, the two acts make…
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