WIS. MFRS. & COMMERCE v. STATE OF WIS. ELECS. BD.

Nos. 97-C-0288-C, 97-C-0306-C.

978 F.Supp. 1200 (1997)

WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS & COMMERCE, WMC Issues Mobilization Council, Inc., ABC Corporation, and XYZ Corporation, Wisconsin corporations, Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WISCONSIN ELECTIONS BOARD, Michael Brennan, David Halbrooks, Barbara Kranig, J. Curtis McKay, Gregory Paradise, Judd Stevenson, individually and in their official capacities as members of the State of Wisconsin Elections Board, Don Millis and Christine Wiseman, in their official capacities as members of the State of Wisconsin Elections Board, and Walter Dickey, John Niebler, and Kevin J. Kennedy, individually, Defendants. AMERICANS FOR LIMITED TERMS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and ABC, a natural person, Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WISCONSIN ELECTIONS BOARD, Michael Brennan, David Halbrooks, Barbara Kranig, J. Curtis McKay, Gregory Paradise, Judd Stevenson, individually and in their official capacities as members of the State of Wisconsin Elections Board, Don Millis and Christine Wiseman, in their official capacities as members of the State of Wisconsin Elections Board, and Walter Dickey and John Niebler, individually, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

September 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond P. Taffora, Michael Best & Friedrich, Madison, WI, for Wisconsin Mfrs. & Commerce, WMC Issues Mobilization Council, XYZ Corp., ABC Corp.

Paul W. Schwarzenbart, Lee, Kilkelly, Paulson & Kabaker, Madison, WI, for Americans for Ltd. Terms, Inc., A.B.C.

Alan Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, WI, for State of Wis. Elections Bd., Michael Brennan, Walter Dickey, J. Curtis McKay, David Halbrooks, Barbara Kranig, John Niebler, Gregory Paradise, Judd Stevenson, Kevin J. Kennedy, Don Millis, Christine Wiseman, State of Wis. Elections Bd.

Nola Hitchcock Cross, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY, for Lynn Adelman, Charles Chvala, William Dixon, Betty Gloudeman.


OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

These two consolidated civil actions for declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief are before the court on five separate motions. Jurisdiction is present, 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Proposed interveners Adelman, Chvala, Gloudeman and Dixon have filed a motion to intervene and a motion to abstain. Defendants have submitted a separate motion to dismiss or abstain. Plaintiffs...

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