MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge dismissed on Tuesday a liberal watchdog group's claims that a panel researching the possible impeachment of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice violated the state's open meeting laws.
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos asked former state Supreme Court justices David Prosser, Pat Roggensack and Jon Wilcox in September to advise on whether impeaching current Justice Janet Protasiewicz would be justified.
Five days after filing the request the group filed a lawsuit alleging the justices violated the law and demanding records related to their work.
Vos filed a motion to dismiss the open meeting violation claims, arguing that under state law American Oversight had to give Ozanne 20 days to refuse or fail to launch an investigation.
But American Oversight failed to give Ozanne the time allotted under law to refuse to investigate and therefore was barred from filing a lawsuit, Remington found.
Persons:
—, group's, Frank Remington, Ismael Ozanne, Remington, Robin Vos, David Prosser, Pat Roggensack, Jon Wilcox, Janet Protasiewicz, Protasiewicz's, Prosser, Wilcox, Vos, Ozanne, Heather Sawyer
Organizations:
Wisconsin Supreme, American, Republican, GOP, Roggensack
Locations:
MADISON, Wis, Wisconsin, Dane, Remington