Wisconsin. Department of Justice. Division of Legal Services: Closed Case Files (Historically Significant), 1920-2006

 
Container Title
2006/161
Part 19 (2006/161): Additions, 1988-1993
Physical Description: 16.0 cubic feet (16 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Cases litigated by the Department of Justice, 1988-1993, that are considered to be of historical importance. The majority of the records in this accession concern Native Americans. Most important is Lac Courte Oreilles v. Department of Natural Resources, an important episode in the opposition to the Flambeau mine in Northern Wisconsin, and Lac du Flambeau v. State, a landmark case appealed to the United States Supreme Court that established policy for Indian gaming in Wisconsin. The Lac Courte Oreilles v. the Department of Natural Resources case concerns a suit brought by Native Americans and the Sierra Club against the DNR to halt mine construction by the Flambeau Mining Company. The plaintiffs charged that the department had not enforced environmental standards during the permitting process. Included are pleadings and briefs, Circuit Court transcripts, and a supplementary environmental impact statement. The Lac du Flambeau gambling case consists of a large numbered file of correspondence, reports, and documents about tribal gaming compacts in Wisconsin; compact drafts and final agreements; depositions; legal research; and pleadings and briefs. The numbered document file can be accessed by printouts of the department's computerized document management system, which is also included in the accession. Not all numbered documents from the document management system are included, but this information is partially covered by a second set of documents in the accession which, while unnumbered, covers the gap. Also of interest are the files on Bruce Brenziger, a 16 year old whose murder prosecution case was tried in adult court because of the brutality involved, and an investigation (not a legal case) of the Wisconsin State Lottery. The study was undertaken to determine if the lottery's informational materials exceeded the constitutional ban on advertising. The records include information on the activities of McDonald Davis, the advertising firm hired by the Lottery, and examples of printed information distributed to Lottery retailers. Posters and other graphic items and radio and television ads collected by the Department of Justice have been separated to the Lottery records.
Benziger, Bruce
Box   1
Folder   1
County Court, 1991
Box   1
Folder   2-6
Transcript
Box   1
Folder   7
Appeal briefs
Box   1
Folder   8-9
Supreme Court
Box   1
Folder   10
Clippings
Box   1
Folder   11-13
Cabazon Band v. National Indian Gaming Commission, Wisconsin amicus brief
Box   1
Folder   14-16
Wisconsin v. Davids
Box   1
Folder   17-21
Isaiah B
Lac Courte Oreilles v. Department of Natural Resources
Box   1
Folder   22
Index
Box   1
Folder   23-27
Appeal briefs and drafts
Box   14
Folder   13
Appeal brief notes
Box   2
Folder   1
Appeal notes
Box   2
Folder   2-4
Appeal pleadings
Box   2
Folder   5-6
Correspondence, 1991-1992
Box   2
Folder   7-12
Circuit Court pleadings
Box   2
Folder   13
SEIS
Box   2
Folder   14-15
Transcript, Circuit Court
Box   2
Folder   16
Witnesses
Box   3
Folder   1-2
Working files
Box   3
Folder   3-4
Flambeau Biological Project compilation
Box   3
Folder   5
Flambeau surface water management plan
Lac du Flambeau v. State
Document Management Files
Numbered documents
“R” documents
Box   3
Folder   6-12
1-202
Box   4
Folder   2
203-261
Box   3
Folder   13-15
262-358
Box   4
Folder   1
359-361
Box   4
Folder   3
362-385
Box   4
Folder   4-7
386-620
Box   5
Folder   1-3
621-750 (750-896 missing)
Box   5
Folder   4-6
897-1094 (Jim Jeffries)
Box   6
Folder   1
1095-1264 (Warren Weinstein)
Box   6
Folder   2-4
1265-1451 (Carl Sinderbrand)
Box   7
Folder   1-2
1452-1696 (Sinderbrand)
Box   7
Folder   3-4
1697-1752 (Mike McClure)
Box   8
Folder   1
1753-1759 (McClude files)
Box   8
Folder   2
Documents produced by SOK
Box   8
Folder   3-5
In report number order
Box   8
Folder   6
In chronological order
Box   8
Folder   7
Privileged log, by date
Box   8
Folder   8
Musolf chronological log
Documents numbered for exhibit (?)
Box   8
Folder   9-10
1-919
Box   9
Folder   1
920-1317
Unlabeled, numbered documents
Box   9
Folder   2
R 705-1017, all compact drafts weeded
Box   9
Folder   3
L 1-361
Compact negotiations
Box   9
Folder   4-5
General correspondence
Box   9
Folder   6
Bad River Band
Box   9
Folder   7-8
Lac Courte Oreilles
Box   9
Folder   9-13
Lac du Flambeau
Box   10
Folder   1-2
Menominee
Box   10
Folder   3-5
Oneida
Box   10
Folder   6
Red Cliff Chippewa
Box   10
Folder   7
St. Croix Chippewa
Box   10
Folder   8-11
Sokaogon Chippewa
Box   10
Folder   12
Stockbridge-Munsee
Box   10
Folder   13
Winnebago
Research files
Box   10
Folder   14
General
Box   10
Folder   15
Abstention
Box   10
Folder   16
Admission of expert witnesses
Box   10
Folder   17
Appealability of preliminary injunction
Box   10
Folder   18
BIA labor force estimates
Box   10
Folder   19
Clippings
Box   10
Folder   20
Comments on proposed compacts
Box   10
Folder   21-23
Correspondence regarding Indian gaming and negotiations
Box   10
Folder   24
Eleventh Amendment
Box   10
Folder   25
Gaming Compact Handbook, weeded
Box   11
Folder   1
Good Faith Duty
Box   11
Folder   2
Indian Gaming Regulation Act (IGRA)
Box   11
Folder   3
IGRA cases
Box   11
Folder   4
IGRA and trust lands, Forest County Potawatomi
Box   11
Folder   5
Indian gaming
Box   11
Folder   6-7
Indian gaming opinion
Box   11
Folder   8
Indian gaming-Sinderbrand file, 1989-1990
Box   11
Folder   9
Interrogatories
Box   11
Folder   10
Legislative Reference Bureau bill drafts
Box   11
Folder   11
Law Review articles regarding Indian issues
Box   11
Folder   12-13
Notes
Box   11
Folder   14
Open meeting issues during negotiations
Box   11
Folder   15
Office of the Attorney General
Box   11
Folder   16
Mashantucket compact
Box   11
Folder   17
Michigan
Box   11
Folder   18
Miscellaneous materials
Box   11
Folder   19
Montana
Box   11
Folder   20
North American Gaming Regulators Association materials, 1991
Box   11
Folder   21
Sovereign immunity
Box   11
Folder   22
Standard of review
Box   12
Folder   1
State laws on gambling
Box   12
Folder   2
Washington
Litigation files
Depositions, Expert witnesses, and Attorneys
Box   12
Folder   3
Index to deposition exhibits
Box   12
Folder   4
Anderson, Gordon
Box   12
Folder   5
Archdeacon, Thomas
Box   12
Folder   6
Christensen, Arlen
Box   12
Folder   7
Dosch, Tom
Box   12
Folder   8-9
Dresang, Dennis
Box   12
Folder   10
Gifford, Donald
Box   12
Folder   11
Hanaway, Donald
Box   12
Folder   12
Liethen, Michael
Box   12
Folder   13
Loftus, Tom
Box   12
Folder   14
McClure, Michael
Box   12
Folder   15
Martin, Waldo
Box   12
Folder   16
Miscellaneous attorneys
Box   12
Folder   17
Musolf, Mark
Box   12
Folder   18
Newell, Alan
Box   12
Folder   19-22
Oberly, James
Box   12
Folder   23
Perkins, Richard
Box   12
Folder   24
Sandefur, Gary
Box   12
Folder   25-26
Sinderbrand, Carl
Box   12
Folder   27
Shannon, Pam
Box   13
Folder   1
Stern, Barry
Box   13
Folder   2
Taffora, Raymond
Box   13
Folder   3
Williams, Gerald
Proceedings
Western District
Box   13
Folder   4-5
Correspondence
Box   13
Folder   6
Motion hearing
Box   13
Folder   7
Opinions and orders
Box   13
Folder   8-12
Pleadings
Box   13
Folder   13-15
Summary judgment motion drafts
Box   13
Folder   16
Settlement negotiations
Mediation
Box   13
Folder   17
Drafts
Box   14
Folder   1
Miscellany
Box   14
Folder   2
Pleadings
Box   14
Folder   3
Hearing transcript, 1991 December 4
7th Court of Appeals
Box   14
Folder   4
Appeal and finality
Box   14
Folder   5
Correspondence
Box   14
Folder   6-8
Pleadings
Box   14
Folder   9
Supreme Court, 1992
Box   14
Folder   10-12
Miscellaneous work papers
Lottery investigation
Box   15
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1991-1993
Box   15
Folder   2
Division of Criminal Investigation reports
Box   15
Folder   3
Experts
Box   15
Folder   4
Legal research
Box   15
Folder   5
Notes
Box   15
Folder   6
Newspaper articles
Box   15
Folder   7
Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Lottery Advertising, 1991
Research
Box   15
Folder   8-9
Call reports, 1989
Box   15
Folder   10
Invoices
McDonald Davis
Box   15
Folder   11
Final oral presentation
Box   15
Folder   12
Miscellaneous reports
Box   15
Folder   13
Proposal, 1988
Box   15
Folder   14
Report to Legislature, 1991
Game materials
Box   15
Folder   15-39
Games 1-25
Box   15
Folder   40
How to Play
Box   15
Folder   41
Lucky Bucks
Box   16
Folder   1
Megabucks, 1989
Box   16
Folder   2
Megabucks Bonus
Box   16
Folder   3
Numbered game tickets
Box   16
Folder   4
Super Cash
Box   16
Folder   5
Winner Circle
Box   16
Folder   6
Working papers
United States ex rel. Kenneth Mossay v. Buffalo Brothers Management
Box   16
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1993
Box   16
Folder   8-9
Appeal correspondence
Box   16
Folder   10
Miscellany
Box   16
Folder   11-12
Pleadings
Box   16
Folder   13-14
United States Circuit Court
Winnebago Nation v. Tommy Thompson
Box   16
Folder   15
Correspondence, 1993
Box   16
Folder   16-17
Appeal
Box   16
Folder   18
Miscellaneous
Box   16
Folder   19-20
Pleadings