[JURIST] A judge for Wisconsin’s Dane County Circuit Court [official website] Thursday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit that had challenged [amended complaint, PDF] a controversial state bill limiting the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions. Judge Maryann Sumi ruled that the two county officials who filed the complaint lacked standing to sue as government representatives, but could sue as individuals. Sumi explained in the opinion: "Dane County’s claims are not statutory; they are constitutional. Under longstanding Wisconsin law, an…