LA CROSSE COUNTY v. GERSHMAN, BRICKNER & BRATTON

Nos. 92-1184, 92-1185.

982 F.2d 1171 (1993)

LA CROSSE COUNTY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GERSHMAN, BRICKNER & BRATTON, INC., Black & Veatch, a Partnership, and Jack Robinson, managing partner of Black & Veatch, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Kersten (argued), Bruce J. Landgraf, Arlo McKinnon, Kersten & McKinnon, Milwaukee, WI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles D. Clausen (argued), David S. Branch, Laura E. Campbell, Friebert, Finerty & St. John, Milwaukee, WI, for defendants-appellants Black & Veatch and Jack W. Robinson, II.

Mary J. Polson, Kim Grimmer, Ross & Stevens, Madison, WI, for defendant-appellant Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

La Crosse County, Wisconsin (the County) found itself in the seemingly enviable position of having insufficient quantities of solid waste, a.k.a. garbage. This apparent good fortune, however, wreaked havoc with the County's environmentally sensitive waste disposal system, the efficient operation of which required a quantity of solid waste exceeding that generated within the County. Believing that its garbage problems were the result of poor...

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