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JACOBS v. MAJOR

No. 85-0341.

139 Wis.2d 492 (1987)

407 N.W.2d 832

Richard E. JACOBS, David H. Jacobs, R. F. Coffin, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, J & C Associates, Co-Partners, using the name of Madison Joint Venture, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Respondents-Petitioners, v. Robert W. MAJOR and Nu Parable, an unincorporated association, Defendants-Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants and cross-respondents-petitioners there were briefs by Trayton L. Lathrop, Michael J. Lawton, David E. Rohrer, Jill W. Dean and Isaksen, Lathrop, Esch, Hart & Clark, Madison, and oral argument by Trayton L. Lathrop.

For the defendants-respondents and cross-appellants there was a brief by Jeff Scott Olson and Julian & Olson, S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Jeff Scott Olson.

STEINMETZ, J.

The principal issue in this case is whether Article I, sec. 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution1 requires the plaintiffs, owners of private property (the East Towne and West Towne Malls), to permit non-consensual use of their facilities by others for freedom of speech purposes.

The plaintiffs raise the further issue of whether they were denied procedural due process by the...

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