A Wisconsin Circuit Court denied the Wisconsin Attorney General and Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging an agreement with New York University regarding the employment of a legal fellow as a Special Assistant Attorney General. The court determined that the plaintiffs—an organization representing dairy farms, a milk marketing cooperative, and an individual resident and taxpayer—had standing and stated a claim upon which relief could be granted. The court’s decision noted that the plaintiffs appeared to be opposed to “both how the fellow was acquired and what she will do in her role” and that the fellow’s purposes included “enforc[ing] and prosecut[ing] environmental issues affecting Plaintiff’s members.” The court concluded that the plaintiffs had a legally protected interest to contest “what they believe is an illegal expenditure of taxpayer funds.”

Action seeking to terminate a Wisconsin Department of Justice agreement with New York University providing for a Legal Fellow employed by an NYU School of Law center to work as a Special Assistant Attorney General.

Wisconsin Dairy Alliance, Inc. v. Kaul

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Wisconsin Court Allowed Plaintiffs to Proceed with Challenge to Washington Department of Justice’s Employment of Special Assistant Attorney General to Assist with Environmental Matters

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Wisconsin Court Allowed Plaintiffs to Proceed with Challenge to Washington Department of Justice’s Employment of Special Assistant Attorney General to Assist with Environmental Matters

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