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HART v. AMENT

No. 92-1720.

176 Wis.2d 694 (1993)

500 N.W.2d 312

Kathleen HART, Barbara Jackson, Richard Lansing, Roxie Boom, James Barrett, Kenneth Smith, Larry Marx, Ed De No Nomie, Sarah Backus, August Backus, Phillip Blank, Bea Blank, George Amour, Richard Watkins, Stan Yasaitis, David Keach, Suzanne Cohen, Richard Berghofer, Faye Anderson, Dismas Becker, Maureen Plevin, Rob Thomas, Louise Lumpkin, James Young and Grant Waldo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F. Thomas AMENT, in his capacity as Milwaukee County Executive, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and Milwaukee Public Museum, Inc., a Wisconsin non-profit corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 8, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants there were briefs (in the court of appeals) by Ed Garvey, Michael Bauer and Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, Madison and oral argument by Ed Garvey.

For the defendants-respondents there were briefs (in the court of appeals) by Robert G. Ott, James T. McClutchy and Milwaukee County Corporation Counsel, Milwaukee and Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., James M. Caragher and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee and oral argument by Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.

STEINMETZ, J.

There are two issues presented in this case. First, whether the plaintiffs, a group of Milwaukee county taxpayers, possess standing to challenge Milwaukee county's decision to transfer the management of the Milwaukee Public Museum to Milwaukee Public Museum, Inc., a nonprofit corporation formed for the purpose of managing the museum, by entering into a lease and management agreement with said corporation....

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