ANDRADE v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE BOARD OF FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS

No. 2020AP333.

2024 WI 17

Erik A. Andrade, Petitioner-Appellant-Petitioner, v. City of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: April 30, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Brendan P. Matthews and Cermele & Matthews, S.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Brendan P. Matthews.

For the respondent-respondent, there was a brief filed by Stacie H. Rosenzweig and Halling & Cayo, S.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Stacie H. Rosenzweig.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Scott B. Thompson, T.R. Edwards, and Law Forward, Inc., Madison, on behalf of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by William E. Fischer, Kyle J. Gulya, and Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Neenah, on behalf of League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Jonathan Cermele and Cermele Law, S.C., Milwaukee, on behalf of Milwaukee Police Association and Green Bay Professional Police Association.

HAGEDORN, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, DALLET, KAROFSKY, and PROTASIEWICZ, JJ., joined. ZIEGLER, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J., joined.


¶1 Former Milwaukee Police Officer Erik Andrade challenges his termination for a series of posts and comments he made on Facebook. The posts garnered significant local and national attention following a civil rights lawsuit that brought them to light. As part of its internal investigation into the posts, the Milwaukee Police...

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