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STATE EX REL. THOMSON v. GIESSEL

262 Wis. 51 (1952)

STATE EX REL. THOMSON, Attorney General, Petitioner, vs. GIESSEL, Director of Department of Budget and Accounts, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 3, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General and Harold H. Persons and E. Weston Wood, assistant attorneys general, for the petitioner.

For the respondent there were briefs by San W. Orr, attorney, and Thomas, Orr, Isaksen & Werner of counsel, all of Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Orr and Mr. Leon E. Isaksen.

Briefs amici curiae were filed on behalf of the Wisconsin Education Association by Toebaas, Hart, Kraege & Jackman of Madison, and on behalf of the Wisconsin Federation of Teachers by Padway, Goldberg & Previant of Milwaukee.

BROWN, J.

Sec. 26, art. IV of the Wisconsin constitution states:

"Extra compensation; salary change. Section 26. The legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after the services shall have been rendered or the contract entered into; nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office."

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