Tag: Judge Sumi

And it’s none other than Dane County Circuit Court Judge Maryann Sumi! Last March, Sumi disallowed Act 10, which severely restricted collective bargaining rights for most members of public employee unions. At the time of Sumi’s ruling, the law had been passed by the legislature, signed by Governor Walker, but…

Today Judge Sumi issued a permanent injunction against the bill, that takes away public workers collective bargaining rights. In her ruling, Sumi wrote: “This case is the exemplar of values protected by the (state) open meetings law; transparency in government, the right of citizens to participate in their government, and…