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STATE EX REL. LA FOLLETTE v. DEMOCRATIC PARTY

No. 79-1328-OA.

93 Wis.2d 473 (1980)

287 N.W.2d 519

STATE EX REL. LA FOLLETTE, Petitioner, v. DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner the cause was argued by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, with whom on the briefs were Charles D. Hoornstra, Nancy L. Arnold, and F. Joseph Sensenbrenner, Jr., assistant attorneys general.

For the Democratic Party of the United States of America and Democratic National Committee there was a brief by Ronald D. Eastman, Lynda S. Mounts, Richard S. Surrey and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and oral argument by Ronald D. Eastman, all of Washington, D.C.

For the Democratic Party of Wisconsin there were briefs by Robert H. Friebert and Friebert & Finerty of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert H. Friebert.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

On August 29, 1979, Attorney General Bronson C. La Follette filed a Petition for Leave to Commence an Original Action for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in this court on behalf of the State of Wisconsin and the people of the state upon a request by the governor, pursuant to sec. 165.25, Stats.1 The named respondents, the Democratic Party of the United States of America...

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