POSTED: Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 11:08 am

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2011AP1412 Village of Weston v. Village of Rothschild

POSTED: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 at 10:20 am

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2009AP3025 Tomlin, et al. v. Village of Orfordville

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2011AP979 Town of Ledgeview v. Knaus

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2011AP1440 Village of McFarland v. Zetzman

POSTED: Thursday, March 1st, 2012 at 10:08 am

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2011AP2533 Village of DeForest v. Buhler

POSTED: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 11:30 am

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2010AP2398 Zwiefelhofer v. Town of Cooks Valley

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2010AP178 Adams Outdoor Advertising, L.P., v. County of Dane

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2011AP663 Guse v. City of New Berlin

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2011AP93 Town of Buchanan v. Village of Kimberly

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2011AP340 Mohs, et al. v City of Madison, et al.

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2010AP2305 Guerrero v. City of Kenosha Housing Authority

POSTED: Thursday, September 1st, 2011 at 11:36 am

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Municipalities
Liquor licenses

POSTED: Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 1:09 pm

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Municipalities
Liquor licenses; suspension; notice and hearing; sufficiency of the evidence

POSTED: Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 1:06 pm

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Municipalities
liquor licenses; revocation; due process

POSTED: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 at 1:10 pm

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Municipalities
Zoning variances; appeal

POSTED: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 12:58 pm

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Municipalities
Boating ordinances; publication; public hearings

POSTED: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 at 12:56 pm

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Municipalities
Raze orders

POSTED: Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 at 1:14 pm

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Municipalities
Governmental immunity

POSTED: Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 12:54 pm

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Municipalities
Public highways; acting together

POSTED: Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 at 11:44 am

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Municipalities
Liquor licenses

POSTED: Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 at 1:05 pm

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Municipalities
Zoning; conditional use permits

POSTED: Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 1:20 pm

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Municipalities
Emergency response

POSTED: Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 11:10 am

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Municipalities
Noise ordinances

POSTED: Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 at 10:28 am

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Municipalities Drainage boards; assessments The Village of Little Chute appeals from a judgment upholding upon certiorari review a reassessment by the Outagamie County Drainage Board for maintenance costs related to the Vandenbroek drainage district. The Village argues the reassessment rates were arbitrary, inequitable and disproportionate to benefits accruing from the project. We affirm. This opinion [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 at 1:05 pm

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Municipalities Property return Lonnie Sweetalla appeals orders denying his motion for the return of property and the motion for reconsideration that followed. Because Sweetalla had no right to possess firearms at the time he filed his motions, we affirm. This opinion will not be published. 2010AP1631 In re the Return of Property in: State v. [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 at 12:52 pm

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Municipalities Special assessments; statute of limitations An aggrieved property owner must strictly comply with the 90-day period of appeal in sec. 66.0703(12)(a) or forfeit the right to appeal. “The legislature has explicitly directed that an appeal under Wis. Stat. § 66.0703(12) is the ‘sole remedy’ of a property owner aggrieved by a special assessment levied [...]

POSTED: Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 11:02 am

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Municipalities Special assessments A recreational trail is not a local improvement for which a municipality may levy special assessments. “The Hildebrands successfully rebutted any presumption of the validity of the assessment and showed that the primary purpose of the trail—to complete the trail system in Winnebago county—confers a general, not local, benefit under the law. [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 at 1:30 pm

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Municipalities Competitive bidding An unsuccessful bidder for a municipal contract is not required to seek injunctive relief before suing to recover the costs for preparing the bid. “Accepting the rule proposed by the Town would foreclose judicial review in a case, like this one, where the municipality violates the competitive bidding statute but quickly signs [...]

POSTED: Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 12:57 pm

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Municipalities Sex offender registries; grandfather clauses A registered sex offender who may stay at one residence pursuant to a grandfather clause may not move to another residence within the residency restriction. “[I]f this court were to interpret the Village Ordinance’s grandfather clause to apply to Ferguson as an individual instead of his residence, the purpose [...]

POSTED: Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 at 12:16 pm

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Municipalities Judicial review Where the language of a municipality’s ordinance appears to be unique and does not parrot a state statute but rather was drafted by the municipality in an effort to address a local concern, courts should defer to the municipality’s interpretation if it is reasonable. “A central consideration in administrative agency cases is [...]