Writ of Certiorari – Jurisdiction

By: Derek Hawkins//September 29, 2021//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: State of Wisconsin ex rel. Eagle Lake Manor Community Association, Inc., v. Racine County Board of Drainage Commissioners

Case No.: 2020AP339

Officials: Reilly, P.J., Gundrum and Davis, JJ.

Focus: Writ of Certiorari – Jurisdiction

Eagle Lake Manor Community Association, Inc. and the Town of Dover (collectively, “the Association”) appeal an order denying their petition for a writ of certiorari. The Association challenges the decision of the Racine County Board of Drainage Commissioners (the “Board”) to annex parcels located in the Eagle Creek watershed based upon the Board’s conclusion that those parcels receive drainage benefits but were inadvertently overlooked at the time the drainage district was organized. We conclude the Association has failed to rebut the presumption of validity afforded to the Board’s decision on certiorari review. Accordingly, we affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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