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PROFESSIONAL POLICE v. WAUKESHA COUNTY

No. 85-0227.

128 Wis.2d 256 (1985)

381 N.W.2d 598

WISCONSIN PROFESSIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WAUKESHA COUNTY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

December 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant, a brief was filed by Robert G. Mawdsley, corporation counsel of Waukesha.

For the plaintiff-respondent, a brief was filed by Jeffrey A. Sisley, of Vanden Heuvel Law Office, of Milwaukee.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.

BROWN, P.J.

The question on this appeal is how to interpret sec. 59.21(8)(a), Stats. (1981-82),1 which concerns, inter alio, the procedure for sheriff's department promotions in counties with populations of less than five hundred thousand. The trial court held that the statute unambiguously commands the sheriff to pick from a list of only three candidates. We agree and. therefore reject Waukesha county's assertion that the list...

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