LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WIS. v. EVERS

No. 2019AP559.

929 N.W.2d 209 (2019)

2019 WI 75

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF WISCONSIN, Disability Rights Wisconsin, Inc., Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, Guillermo Aceves, Michael J. Cain, John S. Greene and Michael Doyle, in his official capacity as Clerk of Green County, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Tony EVERS, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Wisconsin, Defendant-Respondent, Wisconsin Legislature, Intervening Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: June 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the intervening-defendant-appellant, there were briefs filed by Misha Tseytlin and Troutman Sanders LLP, Chicago, Illinois. There was an oral argument by Misha Tseytlin.

For the defendant-respondent, there was a brief filed by Tamara B. Packard , Lester A. Pines , Aaron G. Dumas , Beauregard W. Patterson , and Pines Bach LLP, Madison. There was an oral argument by Tamara B. Packard.

For the plaintiffs-respondents, there was a brief filed by Jeffrey A. Mandell , Kurt M. Simatic , and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison. With whom on the brief was Deana K. El-Mallawany , Ben Berwick , and The Protect Democracy Project, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts; along with Lawrence S. Robbins , Carolyn Forstein , Wendy Liu , and Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP., Washington, DC. There was an oral argument by Jeffrey A. Mandell.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign by Jeanne M. Armstrong , Christopher J. Dodge , and Fuhrman & Dodge, S.C., Middleton.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce by Corydon J. Fish and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Law School Professors Hal Harlow and Murphy Desmond, S.C., Madison; with whom on the brief was Daniel Hemel and University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Legal Scholars by Barry J. Blonien , Eric A. Baker , and Boardman & Clark LLP, Madison; with whom on the brief was Robert Yablon and University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network, River Alliance of Wisconsin, Friends of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway, and Milwaukee Riverkeeper by Robert D. Lee and Midwest Environmental Advocates, Madison.


¶1 We accepted the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin's1 petition to bypass the court of appeals in order to decide whether the Wisconsin Legislature's December 2018 extraordinary session comported with the Wisconsin Constitution. The League maintains that extraordinary sessions are unconstitutional...

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