FOX v. DHSS

No. 82-1594.

112 Wis.2d 514 (1983)

334 N.W.2d 532

Leslie FOX, Ardelle Malone, Doris E. Young, Lorna L. Jackson, Rose Coleman, Virginia Cooper, Marlene Cross, Linda Cunningham and Linda Porter, Petitioners-Respondents, Norman O. SAUEY and Carla M. Sauey, and The Portage Area Association for Progress, Intervenors-Respondents, v. Wisconsin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant. E. Michael McCANN, Petitioner-Respondent, Norman O. SAUEY and Carla M. Sauey, and The Portage Area Association for Progress, Intervenors-Respondents, v. Wisconsin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was argued by Robert W. Larsen, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the respondents there was a joint brief by Kevin J. Lyons, Renee Martin and Cook & Franke, S.C., and oral argument by Mr. Lyons for The Portage Area Association for Progress; E. Michael McCann, district attorney, and Brian B. Burke, assistant district attorney, and oral argument by Mr. McCann; R. Jeffrey Krill and Michael, Best & Friedrich, and oral argument by Mr. Krill for Norman and Carla Sauey; Thomas G. Halloran for Leslie Fox, et al. all of Milwaukee.


On by-pass from court of appeals.

DAY, J.

This is an appeal from a memorandum decision1 of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Hon. Patrick T. Sheedy, Judge, entered on August 4, 1982. The trial court, in a review of a ch. 227 proceeding conducted by the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) determined that a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) which had been prepared for a proposed maximum security prison...

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