KOCKEN v. WISCONSIN COUNCIL 40

No. 2005AP2742.

732 N.W.2d 828 (2007)

2007 WI 72

Dennis KOCKEN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WISCONSIN COUNCIL 40, AFSCME, AFL-CIO and Brown County Mental Health Center Employees, Local 1901, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants there were briefs (in the court of appeals) by Bruce F. Ehlke, Danielle L. Carne, and Hawks Quindel Ehlke & Perry, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Bruce F. Ehlke.

For the respondent there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Thomas P. Godar and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Thomas P. Godar.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Gregg J. Gunta, Kevin P. Reak, John A. Wolfgang, and Gunta & Reak, S.C., Milwaukee, on behalf of the Badger State Sheriff's Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by George F. Graf and Sandra G. Radtke, Milwaukee, on behalf of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 35.


¶ 1 SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J.

This case is before the court on certification by the court of appeals, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § (Rule) 809.61 (2003-04).1

¶ 2 The circuit court for Brown County, Mark A. Warpinski, Judge, granted a permanent injunction to Dennis Kocken, Brown County Sheriff, against the defendants, Wisconsin Council 40 AFSCME, AFL-CIO (the District Council) and Local 1901, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (AFSCME...

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