Appeals ruling puts Berlin mascot lawsuit case on hold
BERLIN, Wis. -- The Berlin Area School District's lawsuit over its high school mascot is on hold following a recent ruling involving a similar case.
In both Berlin and Mukwonago, complaints by residents to the state Department of Public Instruction resulted in orders to change their athletic team Indian nickname.
Parents in Mukwonago sued to overturn the decision and won in circuit court. That prompted some Berlin residents to hire the same lawyers and file a similar suit.
But recently, the state appeals court overturned the circuit court, ruling the parents didn't have standing. DPI officials say the district now has until 2014 to drop the nickname.
WLUK-TV says Berlin will wait to see if the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear an appeal in the Mukwonago case.
Jan 12, 2013 at 10:51 p.m.
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Berlin? Maybe they should change the name of the town. And what is a "Mukwonago" anyway? Perhaps it's time to put a good old American English name on that city as well.
Don't want mascots? Let's dump the ethnic city names as well!
Jan 12, 2013 at 11:44 a.m.
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Which parents in paragraph 4? The ones that are rof or against? Fine job of reporting for a 2 year old.
Jan 12, 2013 at 10:11 a.m.
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The name of a high school mascot is really that important to some folks in Berlin? Then I would say their issues go way beyond this dilemma!!
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