An eight-year fight between the state and a former Milwaukee storage yard owner over a sunken barge is going back to the courthouse where it all began.

Tagged with: barge Basil Ryan Eminent domain JoAnne Kloppenburg Menomonee River Thomas Cooper

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Milwaukee property owner assessed the costs of removing a sunken barge from the Menomonee River. At issue is the doctrine of “judicial estoppel,” which provides that a party ...

Tagged with: barge Basil Ryan Court of Appeals Department of Justice Eminent domain judicial estoppel Menomonee River Supreme Court Wisconsin Department of Transportation WisDOT

Saying the owner of a sunken barge in Milwaukee was a “textbook example of a litigant playing fast and loose with the judicial system,” an appellate court judge Tuesday upheld more than $37,000 in environmental penalties. The case stems from ...

Tagged with: barge Basil Ryan Department of Justice Department of Natural Resources DNR Eminent domain environment Menomonee River Thomas Cooper Wisconsin Department of Transportation WisDOT

The former owner of a storage yard in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley whose property was seized through eminent domain faces a Dec. 1 deadline to remove a barge that sank in the river next to his former property.

Tagged with: barge Basil Ryan Department of Natural Resources DNR Kloppenburg Menomonee River Thomas Cooper Wisconsin Department of Transportation WisDOT