BROWN COUNTY v. LIRC.

No. 83-2324.

124 Wis.2d 560 (1985)

369 N.W.2d 735

BROWN COUNTY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION and John Toonen, Respondents-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-petitioner, Labor and Industry Review Commission, the cause was argued by David C. Rice, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the respondent-petitioner, John Toonen, there were briefs by Lise Lotte Gammeltoft and Kaftan, Kaftan, Van Egeren, Ostrow, Gilson, Geimer and Gammeltoft, S.C., Green Bay, and oral argument by Lise Lotte Gammeltoft.

For the petitioner-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by John C. Jacques, assistant corporation counsel.


HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals1 which reversed a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county, Richard G. Greenwood, circuit judge, affirming an order of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (L.I.R.C.) holding that John Toonen was a visually handicapped person and was discriminated against by Brown county. We conclude that John Toonen was a visually handicapped person. Accordingly...

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