PETERSON v. LINDNER

Nos. 84-1466, 84-1701.

765 F.2d 698 (1985)

Lowell PETERSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kenneth E. LINDNER, Secretary of the Department of Administration, State of Wisconsin, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell T. Golla, Anderson, Fisher, Shannon, O'Brien & Rice, Stevens Point, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Linda M. Clifford, LaFollette, Sinykin, Anderson & Munson, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

In this class action, a group of Wisconsin circuit court reporters brought suit for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages, claiming that salary classifications under which they were paid violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment, and gave rise to a cause of action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Although the district judge originally assigned to the case ruled there was a constitutional violation, a second judge later...

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