MADISON METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DIST. v. COMMITTEE


260 Wis. 229 (1951)

MADISON METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT and others, Appellants, vs. COMMITTEE ON WATER POLLUTION and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 4, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Ryan of Madison, for the appellants Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District and H. O. Lord.

Harold E. Hanson, city attorney, for the appellant city of Madison.

For the respondents there was a brief by the Attorney General, Warren H. Resh, assistant attorney general, and Norris E. Maloney, special counsel, and by Richard W. Bardwell, district attorney of Dane county, and Joseph Goodman, assistant district attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Maloney, Mr. Resh, and Mr. Goodman.


MARTIN, J.

This case involves an abundance of scientific and technical detail, and the well-written briefs of counsel have been of great help to the court.

No claim is made that the findings of fact are not supported by the evidence, and we, therefore, set out only so much of the evidence as will give the necessary background. The innumerable complaints received by the Governor's Committee in its investigation of pollution of the Madison lakes can leave no...

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