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STATE EX REL. SACHTJEN v. FESTGE

25 Wis.2d 128 (1964)

STATE EX REL. SACHTJEN, County Judge, Plaintiff, v. FESTGE, County Clerk, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 6, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff there were briefs by La Follette, Sinykin, Doyle & Anderson, attorneys, and Gordon Sinykin and Shirley S. Abrahamson of counsel, all of Madison, and oral argument by Gordon Sinykin.

For the defendant there was a brief by Michael B. Torphy, Jr., district attorney of Dane county, William F. Lorenz, Jr., deputy district attorney, and William C. Lengacher, assistant district attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Lorenz.

Briefs amici curiae were filed by H. E. Koehler, Frederic C. Eberlein, Lloyd G. Andrews, and Steve Aschenbrener, all of Shawano, for the Shawano County Bar Association, and by E. L. Wingert of Madison, for the Board of Circuit Court Judges.

FAIRCHILD, J.

The legislature has, effective with court reorganization, fixed a uniform basic salary for every county judge in the state.3 Sec. 253.07 (2), Stats., permits each county to supplement the uniform salary as follows:

"The county may pay each county judge compensation in addition to that specified in s. 20.930 but such additional compensation shall be the same for each such judge and the total salary of the county judge...

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