BALDUS v. MEMBERS OF WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT

Case Nos. 11-CV-562 JPS-DPW-RMD, 11-CV-1011 JPS-DPW-RMD.

849 F.Supp.2d 840 (2012)

Alvin BALDUS, Carlene Bechen, Elvira Bumpus, Ronald Biendseil, Leslie W. Davis, III, Brett Eckstein, Gloria Rogers, Richard Kresbach, Rochelle Moore, Amy Risseeuw, Judy Robson, Jeanne Sanchez-Bell, Cecelia Schliepp, Travis Thyssen, Cindy Barbera, Ron Boone, Vera Boone, Evanjelina Cleerman, Sheila Cochran, Maxine Hough, Clarence Johnson, Richard Lange, and Gladys Manzanet, Plaintiffs, Tammy Baldwin, Gwendolynne Moore and Ronald Kind, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. MEMBERS OF the WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Thomas E. Petri, Paul D. Ryan, Jr., Reid J. Ribble, and Sean P. Duffy, Intervenor-Defendants. Voces De La Frontera, Inc., Ramiro Vara, Olga Vara, Jose Perez, and Erica Ramirez, Plaintiffs, v. Members of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

Decided March 22, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Poland , Rebecca K. Mason , Godfrey & Kahn SC, Jacqueline E. Boynton , Law Offices of Jacqueline Boynton, Peter G. Earle , Law Offices of Peter Earle LLC, Milwaukee, WI, Dustin B. Brown , Brady C. Williamson , Godfrey & Kahn SC, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel S. Lenz , P. Scott Hassett , Lawton & Cates SC, Madison, WI, for Intervenor-Plaintiffs.

Colleen E. Fielkow , Patrick J. Hodan , Daniel Kelly , Joseph W. Voiland , Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC, Milwaukee, WI, Maria S. Lazar , Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendants.

Kellen C. Kasper , Thomas L. Shriner, Jr. , Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Intervenor-Defendants.

Before WOOD, Circuit Judge, STADTMUELLER District Judge, and DOW, District Judge.


MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER

PER CURIAM.

There was once a time when Wisconsin was famous for its courtesy and its tradition of good government. In 2006, James J. Conant was able to write that:

The most important feature of Wisconsin's society, government, and politics during the twentieth century was its progressive nature. Wisconsin had a highly developed civil society, its elected and administrative officials continuously attempted to improve...

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