ELECTIONS BOARD v. WMC

No. 98-0596.

227 Wis.2d 650 (1999)

597 N.W.2d 721

ELECTIONS BOARD OF the STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS & COMMERCE, WMC Issues Mobilization Council, Inc., ABC Corporation and XYZ Corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was argued by Cynthia R. Hirsch, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs (in the Court of Appeals) was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief (in the Court of Appeals) by Robert J. Dreps, Brady C. Williamson and LaFollette & Sinykin, Madison and oral argument by Brady C. Williamson, Jr.

Amicus curiae brief (in the Court of Appeals) was filed by Jan Witold Baran, Kirk Lincoln Jowers and Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C.; Robert C. Burrell, R. Jeffrey Wagner and Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C., Milwaukee; of counsel, Stephen A. Bokat, Robin S. Conrad and National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Jan Amundson and National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C. for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, Food Distributors International and the Association for Manufacturing Technology.

Amicus curiae brief (in the Court of Appeals) was filed by Glenn Moramarco and Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY and Elizabeth Adelman and Adelman & Hynes, S.C., Milwaukee for Senator Charles Chvala.

Amicus curiae brief (in the Court of Appeals) was filed by Dan Conley, Brian D. Winters, Michael Fischer and Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee and Peter M. Koneazny, legal director, Milwaukee for the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, Inc.

Amicus curiae brief (in the Court of Appeals) was filed by Lillian BeVier and University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, VA and Paul W. Schwarzenbart and Lee Kilkelly, Paulson & Kabaker, S.C., Madison for the Wisconsin Grocers Association, Inc.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Lester A. Pines, Curt F. Pawlisch and Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, Madison for the Madison Teachers, Inc.


¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

This case is before the court as a result of the parties' joint petition to bypass pursuant to Wis. Stat. § (Rule) 809.60 (1995-96).1 The issue presented is whether the circuit court properly dismissed the complaint of the Elections Board of the State of Wisconsin (the "Board") charging the respondents with various violations of the campaign finance laws contained in Wis. Stat. ch. 11 following the...

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