BROWN CO., ETC. v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

No. 77-C-29.

476 F.Supp. 209 (1979)

BROWN COMPANY, ABSORBENT PRODUCTS DIVISION, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. The DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR, AND HUMAN RELATIONS OF the STATE OF WISCONSIN, Joseph Noll, Secretary of the Department, and Merry Fran Tryon, Administrator of the Equal Rights Division of said Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Wisconsin.

August 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Melli of Melli, Shiels, Walker & Pease, S. C., Madison, Wis., and Edward B. Miller of Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Bronson C. La Follette, Atty. Gen. of State of Wis. by David C. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendants.


OPINION

JAMES E. DOYLE, Jr., Chief Judge.

This is a civil action in which the plaintiff seeks to enjoin various officers of the State of Wisconsin from exercising jurisdiction under the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA), Wis.Stat. §§ 111.31-111.37, over a complaint alleging that plaintiff's disability benefits plan discriminates on the basis of sex. The case is before the court on plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. The issue presented...

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