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WASHINGTON COUNTY v. DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASS'N,

No. 94-1525.

192 Wis.2d 728 (1995)

531 N.W.2d 468

WASHINGTON COUNTY and Robert Schulteis, Washington County Sheriff, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WASHINGTON COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of William E. Callahan, Jr., Roger E. Walsh, and James M. Jorissen of Davis & Kuelthau, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Linda S. Vanden Heuvel of Vanden Heuvel & Dineen, S.C. of Slinger.

Before Brown, Nettesheim and Snyder, JJ.

NETTESHEIM, J.

The issue presented on appeal is whether the constitutional powers of the office of sheriff include the right to utilize nonbargaining unit law enforcement personnel from other municipalities to help maintain law and order and preserve the peace in anticipation of a public event expected to draw thousands of people to a county-wide area. We conclude that such authority is within the sheriff's powers. We therefore reverse the circuit court's declaratory...

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