MADISON TEACHERS, INC. v. WALKER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants, there were briefs by J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general, and Kevin St. John , deputy attorney general, Steven P. Means , executive assistant attorney general, and Steven C. Kilpatrick , assistant attorney general. Oral argument by J.B. Van Hollen and Kevin St. John.

For the plaintiff-respondents, there was a brief by Lester A. Pines , Lee Cullen , Tamara B. Packard , Susan M. Crawford , and Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP, Madison; and M. Nicol Padway , Aaron A. DeKosky , and Padway & Padway, Ltd., Milwaukee; and oral argument by Lester A. Pines , Tamara B. Packard , and M. Nicol Padway.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael P. May , city attorney, and John W. Strange , assistant city attorney, on behalf of the City of Madison.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Bruce F. Ehlke , Katy Lounsbury , and Ehlke, Bero-Lehmann & Lounsbury, S.C., Madison, on behalf of Laborers Local 236 and AFSCME Local 60.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Grant F. Langley , city attorney, Rudolph M. Konrad , deputy city attorney, Stuart S. Mukamal , assistant city attorney, and Donald L. Schriefer , assistant city attorney, on behalf of the City of Milwaukee.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Milton L. Chappell , Nathan J. McGrath , and National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, VA; and Richard M. Esenberg , Thomas C. Kamenick , Brian McGrath , and Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Milwaukee; and Bruce N. Cameron , Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, VA; on behalf of Elijah Grajkowski , Kristi Lacroix , and Nathan Berish.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Timothy E. Hawks and Hawks Quindel, S.C., Milwaukee; and Marianne Goldstein Robbins and The Previant Law Firm S.C., Milwaukee; and Stephen Pieroni , Madison; and Peggy A. Lautenschlager and Bauer & Bach, LLC, Madison; and Aaron N. Halstead and Hawks Quindel, S.C., Madison; and Barbara Zack Quindel and Hawks Quindel , Milwaukee; and Jeffrey Sweetland and Hawks Quindel, S.C., Milwaukee; and Mark A. Sweet and Sweet and Associates, LLC, Milwaukee; on behalf of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, AFSCME District Councils 24, 40, and 48, AFT-Wisconsin, SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin, Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, and State of Wisconsin AFL-CIO.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Andrew T. Phillips , Daniel J. Borowski , Jacob J. Curtis, and Phillips Borowski S.C., Mequon, on behalf of Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation and Community Insurance Corporation.