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SAMUEL C. JOHNSON 1988 TRUST v. BAYFIELD COUNTY

Nos. 09-2876, 09-2879.

649 F.3d 799 (2011)

SAMUEL C. JOHNSON 1988 TRUST, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BAYFIELD COUNTY, WISCONSIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecilia Fex (argued), Attorney, Ackerson Kauffman Fex, PC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 09-2876.

William T. Stuart (argued), Meissner, Tierney, Fisher & Nichols, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 09-2879.

Barbara A. Neider (argued), Attorney, Richard K. Nordeng , Attorney, Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Debra P. Conrad , Madison, WI, for Amicus Curiae Wisconsin Realtors Association.

J. Bushnell Nielsen , Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Waukesha, WI, for Amicus Curiae Wisconsin Land Title Association.

Charles H. Montange , Law Offices of Charles H. Montange, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae Rails to Trails Conservancy.

Kristine S. Tardiff (argued), Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Concord, NH, for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs are landowners in Bayfield County, a rural county at the northern tip of Wisconsin. They brought this suit to quiet title to their property, over which the County claims a right derived from federal law to build snowmobile trails; the plaintiffs contest the County's claim. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. We reversed, 520 F.3d 822...

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