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WIS. LAW ENFORCE STDS. BD. v. LYNDON STATION VIL.

No. 78-456.

98 Wis.2d 229 (1980)

295 N.W.2d 818

State of WISCONSIN LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS BOARD, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. VILLAGE OF LYNDON STATION, Juneau County, Wisconsin; John Adams; Phillip Kress; and Edward Walsh, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants there were briefs by Jean G. Setterholm and Jon P. Axelrod and DeWitt, McAndrews & Porter, S.C. of Madison, and oral argument by Jean G. Setterholm.

For the plaintiff-respondent there were briefs by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and James C. McKay, Jr., assistant attorney general, and oral argument by James C. McKay, Jr., assistant attorney general.

Brief of amicus curiae was filed by Dianne Greenley, project director, and Neil Gebhart, project assistant, on behalf of Center for Public Representation, Reintegration Project, of Madison.

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

DYKMAN, J.

This case involves the authority of a municipality to employ a police chief who has been convicted of a felony when such employment violates a rule of the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board.1

William Jessen was convicted of 26 counts of misconduct in public office contrary to sec. 946.12(4), Stats., on April 27, 1973. He was sentenced to 26 concurrent one-year sentences...

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