MILLER BREWING CO. v. DILHR

No. 94-1628.

210 Wis.2d 26 (1997)

563 N.W.2d 460

MILLER BREWING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS, Equal Rights Division, Defendant-Appellant, Becky KOZERA, Defendant-Co-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Ely A. Leichtling, Carmella A. Huser and Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee and oral argument by Ely A. Leichtling.

For the defendant-appellant the cause was argued by Richard Briles Moriarty, assistant attorney general with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendant-co-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Michael J. Edmonds, Milwaukee.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Marianne Goldstein Robbins, Leeann Gruwell Anderson and Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C., Milwaukee for the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Patricia J. Meunier and Schneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, Ehlke, Hawks & Domer, Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert K. Sholl, Patrick D. Dolan and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C., Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Ann M. Barry, Jennifer S. Walther and Buchanan & Barry, S.C., Milwaukee for the Wisconsin State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management.


¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

Miller Brewing Company (Miller) seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals1 which reversed and remanded a judgment of the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Michael Guolee, Judge. The court of appeals held that Becky Kozera's (Kozera) claim under the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA),2 is not preempted...

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