AMERICAN MOTORS CORP. v. ILHR DEPT.

No. 77-703.

93 Wis.2d 14 (1979)

286 N.W.2d 847

AMERICAN MOTORS CORPORATION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant there was a brief by Herbert P. Wiedemann, Michael I. Paulson and Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee and oral argument by Michael I. Paulson.

For the respondent there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general and David C. Rice, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by David C. Rice, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Bablitch, J. and Dykman, J.


BABLITCH, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane County affirming the findings of the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations (department) that the American Motors Corporation (AMC) had violated the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA) by discharging one Thomas L. Bartell from its employ. The case presents an issue never before considered by an appellate court in Wisconsin, namely whether the Act requires Wisconsin employers to...

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