A Wisconsin appeals court recommended the state Supreme Court take up a case brought by municipal employees to challenge Act 10, the controversial 2011 legislation that all but eliminated state workers’ collective bargaining rights, in a Thursday certification.
The certification allows the case to be appealed directly to the state’s High Court without a decision from the appeals court because the issues at stake are considered to have a “greater statewide effect” and “need for a final resolution,” according to the Fourth District Court of Appeals’ certification.
The Supreme Court now has the option to either accept the case or send it back to the appeals court for a decision.
Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas originally found the law to have violated state workers’ constitutional rights. The state has repeatedly tried to reverse that ruling.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, who represents the state in the case, said in a statement he looked forward to possibly getting the Supreme Court’s decision on the case.
