ACLU v. THOMPSON

No. 89-1877-FT.

155 Wis.2d 442 (1990)

455 N.W.2d 268

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN INC., Eunice Edgar, Leah Granby, and Rev. Paul Gillespie, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tommy THOMPSON, as Governor of the State of Wisconsin, and James Klauser, as Secretary of the Department of Administration of the State of Wisconsin, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jacobson, O'Dess & Krings, by Harry F. Peck and Gretchen E. Miller of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, with Daniel D. Stier, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Sundby, J.J.


GARTZKE, P.J.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, Inc., Eunice Edgar, Leah Granby, and the Reverend Paul Gillespie (plaintiffs) appeal from an order denying their motion to vacate and reenter the judgment in their civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 (1982). The issue is whether the judgment is final even though plaintiff's claim for attorney's fees under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1988 (1982) remains unresolved...

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