DOG FEDERATION v. CITY OF SOUTH MILWAUKEE

No. 92-2131.

178 Wis.2d 353 (1993)

DOG FEDERATION OF WISCONSIN, INC., Glenn Whitcomb, Mary Pat Dempsey, Delores Fenelon and Larry Fax, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Mark M. Leitner of Kravit, Gass & Weber, S.C., of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph G. Murphy, city attorney, of South Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.


FINE, J.

This is an appeal by the Dog Federation of Wisconsin, Inc., and four persons who claim to own dogs that may be subject to regulation by a City of South Milwaukee ordinance that imposes restrictions on the ownership and keeping of "pit bulls."1 The Federation and the individual appellants claim that the "pit bull" aspects of the ordinance...

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