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WISCONSIN STATE EMP. ASS'N v. WISCONSIN NAT. RESOURCES BD.

No. 68-C-143.

298 F.Supp. 339 (1969)

WISCONSIN STATE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, COUNCIL 24, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, in its own behalf and in behalf of all its members; Marvin Kaukl, individually and in behalf of those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. WISCONSIN NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and Daniel K. Taylor, Hubert Behnke, Arthur R. MacArthur, Charles F. Smith, John M. Potter, Gerald Rohlich and Russel G. Lynch, individually, and as members of the Natural Resources Board; Lester P. Voigt, individually, and as Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources; R. J. Smith, individually, and as Administrator of the Division of Fish, Game, and Law Enforcement within the Department of Natural Resources, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Wisconsin.

April 2, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Cates, John H. Bowers, Madison, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Laurence W. Hall, Madison, Wis., for defendants.

Before FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge, and DOYLE and GORDON, District Judges.

OPINION, ORDER AND JUDGMENT

JAMES E. DOYLE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought this action to challenge § 16.30, Wis.Stats., and the "Policy on Political Activities of Department Personnel" (hereinafter the "Policy") of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (hereinafter the Department). They seek a declaration that the statute and the "Policy" violate the Constitution of the United States, and an injunction against their enforcement.

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