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01-19-2013, 04:51 AM
Good nes for the taxpayers of WI - bad news for the union thugs
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has upheld the Wisconsin union law that was the subject of massive protests in 2011, including a takeover of the State Capitol and widespread threats and acts of intimidation (http://legalinsurrection.com/2011/09/wisconsins-long-strange-trip/). The decision was unanimous in most respects. The full decision (http://www.docstoc.com/docs/142046714/7th%20Circuit%20Decision%20-%20Wisconsin%20Educ%20Assoc%20v.%20Walker) is embedded at the bottom of this post.
Via JSOnline (http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/federal-court-of-appeals-upholds-walkers-act-10-union-law-ur8eg0e-187488851.html) (h/t LibertyChick (https://twitter.com/Liberty_Chick/status/292359234732052480))

A federal court of appeals on Friday upheld Wisconsin’s law repealing most collective bargaining for most public employees , handing a victory to Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans who put the law in place amid tumult two years ago.
Parts of the collective bargaining law, known as Act 10, remain on hold because of a state judge’s ruling in a separate case, but Friday’s decision was a setback for public employees and their unions.
Last year, U.S. District Judge William M. Conley largely upheld the legislation but struck down parts of Act 10 (http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/federal-court-strikes-down-parts-of-act-10-4k4qdap-145208985.html) dealing with prohibitions on government employers withholding union dues from workers’ paychecks as well as a section requiring labor unions to vote to recertify yearly. The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago reversed that lower court’s ruling in a split decision (http://www.docstoc.com/docs/142046714/7th-Circuit-Decision---Wisconsin-Educ-Assoc-v-Walker) Friday that upheld the law in its entirety….
Despite Friday’s victory, the future of the law remains uncertain.
A judge in Dane County in September struck down (http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/judge-throws-out-walkers-union-bargaining-law-3h6s8fp-169834626.html) parts of the union law and that case is not affected by the federal ruling Friday. That case is now before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/01/federal-appeals-court-upholds-wisconsin-union-law/