ZIEMER v. STATE OF WIS., DILHR

Civ. A. No. 88-C-321.

691 F.Supp. 1190 (1988)

Beatrice M. ZIEMER, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF WISCONSIN, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, LABOR & HUMAN RELATIONS, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

August 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Lowe, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff.

Bruce A. Olson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for defendant.


ORDER

TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.

This rather interesting case demonstrates the complexity and quirkiness of eleventh amendment jurisprudence. The state of Wisconsin, it seems, has clearly violated a federal law, yet the eleventh amendment — as interpreted by the Supreme Court — prohibits me from granting relief to this plaintiff. Another plaintiff making a related claim might overcome the eleventh amendment obstacle in federal court...

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