BRAATZ v. LIRC

No. 91-1891.

174 Wis.2d 286 (1993)

496 N.W.2d 597

Theodore R. BRAATZ, Joanne Helen Wright, Susan E. Flemmen, Roxanne Lambert and Saundra O. Kortesma, Petitioners-Respondents, v. LABOR & INDUSTRY REVIEW COMMISSION, Respondent-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant-petitioner the cause was argued by Bruce A. Olsen, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the petitioners-respondents there was a brief by Timothy E. Hawks and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling & Blumfield, Milwaukee and oral argument by Mr. Hawks.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Chris Galinat and Melissa A. Cherney, Madison for the Wisconsin Education Association Council.


STEINMETZ, J.

The issue in this case is whether the Labor and Industry Review Commission ("LIRC") properly concluded that the marital status provisions of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act ("WFEA") permit the school district of Maple's health insurance nonduplication policy. The circuit court answered in the negative, and LIRC appealed from the judgment. The court of appeals affirmed the circuit court's judgment in Braatz v. LIRC, 168 Wis...

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