DAIRYLAND GREYHOUND PARK, INC. v. DOYLE

No. 03-0421.

270 Wis.2d 267 (2004)

2004 WI 34

677 N.W.2d 275

DAIRYLAND GREYHOUND PARK, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James E. DOYLE, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Wisconsin, and Marc J. Marotta, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there were briefs by Ronald R. Ragatz, Peter A. Peshek, Mindy Rowland Buenger and DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Ronald R. Ragatz.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was argued by John S. Greene, Maura FJ Whelan, Charles D. Hoornstra, Thomas C. Bellavia, assistant attorneys general, with whom on the brief was Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Douglas B.L. Endreson, William R. Perry and Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Howard Bichler, Hertel; Carol Brown and Brown & LaCounte, LLP, Madison; Jennifer L. Nutt Carleton and Oneida Law Office, Oneida; Douglas William Huck, Bowler; Rebecca R. Weise, Black River Falls; Kevin L. Osterbauer, Odanah; Larry Leventhal and Larry Leventhal & Associates, Minneapolis, MN; Kris M. Goodwill and Lac Courte Oreilles Legal Department, Hayward; Jeffrey A. Crawford, Milwaukee; Eric N. Dahlstrom and Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Frye, LLP, Tempe, AZ; David M. Ujke, Bayfield, on behalf of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin, Ho-Chunk Nation, Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and oral argument by Douglas B.L. Endreson.

An amicus brief was filed by Brady C. Williamson, James A. Friedman and LaFollette, Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, on behalf of Teamsters Local Union No. 344, Teamsters Local Union No. 200, Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council, Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin, Inc., COA Youth and Family Centers, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, Inc., Lutheran Special School, AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee Urban League, and Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Raymond P. Taffora, Roisin H. Bell, Brian J. Rybarik and Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Madison, on behalf of Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and Associated General Contractors-Greater Milwaukee.


¶ 1. PER CURIAM.

This case comes before the court on certification from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV.

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¶ 2. The court is equally divided on whether to affirm the judgment of the circuit court. Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, and Justice N. Patrick Crooks would affirm. Justice David T. Prosser, Jr., Justice Diane S. Sykes, and Justice...

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