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WATKINS v. LIRC

No. 82-2084.

117 Wis.2d 753 (1984)

345 N.W.2d 482

Gloria A. WATKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant there were briefs by Jeff Scott Olson and Julian & Olson, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Jeff Scott Olson.

For the respondent the cause was argued by David C. Rice, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Nola J. Hitchcock Cross and Podell, Ugent & Cross, S.C., Milwaukee, for the Milwaukee District Council 48, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO.

WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

Does the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act authorize the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations (DILHR) to award reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing complainant in a discrimination action even though that Act contains no express statutory language authorizing such an award? This is the question raised by Gloria Watkins, the prevailing party in a racial discrimination action that she brought against her employer under this Act...

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