ANCHOR SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N v. MADISON EOC

No. 82-1508.

120 Wis.2d 391 (1984)

355 N.W.2d 234

ANCHOR SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION, Petitioner-Appellant-Petitioner, v. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION, CITY OF MADISON, and Roy U. Schenk, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Ronald W. Todd and Stroud, Stroud, Willink, Thompson & Howard, Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Todd.

For the respondent, City of Madison, the cause was argued by James L. Martin, assistant city attorney, with whom on the brief was Henry A. Gempeler, city attorney.

There was a brief and oral argument by respondent Roy U. Schenk, pro se.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by W. Charles Jackson, James E. Bauman and Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, for the Wisconsin League of Financial Institutions, Ltd.


STEINMETZ, J.

The issue in this case is whether the city of Madison, through an exercise of its home rule powers, can regulate a state chartered savings and loan association.

The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) of the city of Madison found that Anchor Savings & Loan Association (Anchor) discriminated against Roy U. Schenk on the basis of his marital status, in violation of sec. 3.23 (3) of the Madison General Ordinances,1

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