UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN THOMAS J. HOLMES, et al., Plaintiffs, v.
Case No: 14-CV-208
JOHN DICKERT, et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFFS’ BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ OSTERMAN, JERGER AND NICHOLSON’S MOTION TO DISMISS
In opposition to the Rule 12(b)(6) motion filed on behalf of Defendants Monte Osterman (“Osterman”), Mary Jerger Osterman (“Jerger”) and Douglas Nicholson (“Nicholson”) (Doc. Nos. 31 and 32), Plaintiffs submit as follows: I. Introduction In the face of Plaintiffs’ well-pleaded allegations against these Defendants, their claim that they were entirely uninvolved rings awfully hollow. Nicholson himself bribed Mayor Dickert in exchange for the proctecton of his bar and access for himself and his fellow Tavern League members to available liquor licenses. For their parts, Jerger and Osterman played major roles in soliciting, accepting and handlnig the bribes issued by members of the Tavern League, including Nicholson. Their motion asking this Court to dismiss them at the pleadng stage, is, therefore, baseless. II. Legal Standard Plaintiffs adopt here their statement of the legal standard as set forth in their Brief in Opposition to Downtown Racine Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss. See Sect. II.
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