Title: Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc. v. James E. Doyle
Citation: 2004 WI 34
Docket Number: 2003AP000421
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: March 30, 2004

2004 WI 34 
 
 
 
SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
03-0421 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
 
 
Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc.,  
          Plaintiff-Appellant, 
     v. 
James E. Doyle, in his official capacity  
as Governor of the State of Wisconsin, and  
Marc J. Marotta, in his official  
capacity as Secretary of the Wisconsin  
Department of Administration,  
          Defendants-Respondents. 
 
 
 
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
March 30, 2004   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
January 27, 2004   
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
Circuit   
 
COUNTY: 
Dane   
 
JUDGE: 
Richard J. Callaway   
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
 
 
CONCURRED: 
        
 
DISSENTED: 
        
 
NOT PARTICIPATING: WILCOX, J., did not participate.   
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
For the plaintiff-appellant there were briefs by Ronald R. 
Ragatz, Peter A. Peshek, Mindy Rowland Buenger and DeWitt, Ross 
& Stevens, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Ronald R. Ragatz. 
 
For the defendants-respondents the cause was argued by John 
S. Greene, Maura FJ Whelan, Charles D. Hoornstra, Thomas C. 
Bellavia, assistant attorneys general, with whom on the brief 
was Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general. 
 
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Douglas B.L. Endreson, 
William R. Perry and Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & 
Perry, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Howard Bichler, Hertel; Carol  
 
 
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Brown and Brown & LaCounte, LLP, Madison; Jennifer L. Nutt 
Carleton and Oneida Law Office, Oneida; Douglas William Huck, 
Bowler; 
Rebecca 
R. 
Weise, 
Black 
River 
Falls; 
Kevin 
L. 
Osterbauer, Odanah; Larry Leventhal and Larry Leventhal & 
Associates, Minneapolis, MN; Kris M. Goodwill and Lac Courte 
Oreilles 
Legal 
Department, 
Hayward; 
Jeffrey 
A. 
Crawford, 
Milwaukee; Eric N. Dahlstrom and Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, 
Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Frye, LLP, Tempe, AZ; David M. Ujke, 
Bayfield, on behalf of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Forest County 
Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin, Ho-Chunk Nation, Stockbridge-
Munsee Community, Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and Red Cliff Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians, and oral argument by Douglas B.L. 
Endreson. 
 
     An amicus brief was filed by Brady C. Williamson, James A. 
Friedman and LaFollette, Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, on behalf of 
Teamsters Local Union No. 344, Teamsters Local Union No. 200, 
Milwaukee Building & Construction Trades Council, Professional 
Firefighters of Wisconsin, Inc., COA Youth and Family Centers, 
Hispanic 
Chamber 
of 
Commerce, 
St. 
Ann 
Center 
for 
Intergenerational Care, Inc., Lutheran Special School, AIDS 
Resource Center of Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee Urban League, and 
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee. 
 
     An amicus curiae brief was filed by Raymond P. Taffora, 
Roisin H. Bell, Brian J. Rybarik and Michael Best & Friedrich, 
LLP, Madison, on behalf of Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of 
Commerce and Associated General Contractors-Greater Milwaukee. 
 
 
 
2004 WI 34 
NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
 
 
 
 
No.  03-0421  
(L.C. No. 
01 CV 2906) 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc.,   
 
 
Plaintiff-Appellant,   
 
 
v. 
 
James E. Doyle, in his official capacity as 
Governor of the State of Wisconsin, 
 
     and 
 
Marc J. Marotta, in his official capacity as 
Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of 
Administration, 
 
 
Defendants-Respondents.   
FILED 
 
MAR 30, 2004 
 
Cornelia G. Clark 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
 
Appeal 
from 
Circuit 
Court, 
Dane 
County, 
Richard 
J. 
Callaway, Judge. Certification vacated.  Cause remanded to the 
court of appeals.  
 
¶1 
PER CURIAM.  This case comes before the court on 
certification from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV. 
No. 
03-0421   
 
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¶2 
The court is equally divided on whether to affirm the 
judgment of the circuit court.  Chief Justice Shirley S. 
Abrahamson, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, and Justice N. Patrick 
Crooks would affirm.  Justice David T. Prosser, Jr., Justice 
Diane S. Sykes, and Justice Patience D. Roggensack would 
reverse.  Justice Jon P. Wilcox did not participate. 
¶3 
When a certification or bypass results in a tie vote 
by this court, the better course of action is to vacate our 
decision to accept certification or bypass and remand the cause 
to the court of appeals.  State v. Richard Knutson, Inc., 191 
Wis. 2d 395, 396-97, 528 N.W.2d 430 (1995) (remanding to court 
of appeals on a tie vote on certification); State v. Elam, 195 
Wis. 2d 683, 684-85, 538 N.W.2d 249 (1995) (restating rule but 
declining to remand to court of appeals on a tie vote on bypass 
because court of appeals had previously decided issue). 
¶4 
Accordingly, 
we 
vacate 
our 
order 
granting 
certification and remand to the court of appeals. 
By the Court.—The Order granting certification is vacated 
and the cause is remanded to the court of appeals. 
 
 
No. 
03-0421   
 
 
 
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