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ST. EX REL. BADKE v. GREENDALE VILLAGE BD.

No. 91-0126.

173 Wis.2d 553 (1993)

494 N.W.2d 408

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. Fred BADKE, Bernice Badke, Michael T. Sullivan, Jr., Jeanne Sullivan and Richard Lennertz, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, v. VILLAGE BOARD OF the VILLAGE OF GREENDALE and Village of Greendale, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 26, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners there were briefs by Elizabeth Adelman and Adelman, Adelman & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee and oral argument by Elizabeth Adelman.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by James P Burns and John T. Wasielewski, Greendale and oral argument by James P. Burns and John T. Wasielewski.

Amicus Curiae was filed by Linda M. Clifford and LaFollett & Sinykin, Madison for Wisconsin Newspapers Association and Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

Amicus Curiae was filed by Curtis A. Witynski, Madison for League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

A majority of the members of the seven member Village Board of the Village of Greendale (Village Board) regularly attended meetings of their Plan Commission, including four meetings at which a proposed housing project (the Sileno project) was discussed. The Village Board had ultimate decisionmaking responsibility on the project. It is undisputed that there was no intent to violate the open meeting law. Nevertheless, the question is whether...

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