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[WI Sup. Ct. Justice] Gableman voted with law firm after receiving free legal services
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Dec 20, 2011 03:10pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | Patrick Marley |
| Media | Newspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
| News Date | Monday, December 19, 2011 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Madison - State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman in two cases cast the deciding vote in favor of parties represented by a law firm that gave him tens of thousands of dollars of free legal services, a review of state records shows.
One of those was a high-stakes case this June that allowed Gov. Scott Walker to implement a law that all but eliminates collective bargaining for most public workers. Gableman was in the 4-3 majority that allowed Walker to prevail. Michael Best & Friedrich - the firm that defended Gableman for free in an ethics case - worked for the state and Walker's administration in the collective bargaining case.
In addition to the collective bargaining case, Gableman supplied the deciding vote in an opinion he wrote this March that sided with a Michael Best client against the City of Milwaukee over tax assessments. |
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