HERMANN v. TOWN OF DELAVAN

No. 96-0171.

208 Wis.2d 216 (1996)

560 N.W.2d 280

Richard L. HERMANN, Phillip Mattison, James M. Schoemperlen, Juan C. Beltran, Cary Berkowitz, Robert Berman, Clifford Blackwell, Joanne T. Bontkowski, Suzanne Brandner, George M. Briody, Barton F. Cameron, Dan U. Cameron, Douglas H. Cameron, Marion K. Cameron, Palmer W. Cameron, James G. Campbell, Edmund J. Cepulis, Mildred E. Chupich, George Cibon, Donald Clark, Ted Compall, Robert E. Cowhey, Dan Cox, Robert J. Darnall, Robert W. Davies, David J. Doerge, Stuart Ellison, Joseph Fehsenfeld, Theodore W. Filson, Ralph C. Glans, David Glickman, Gregory K. Goethal, Carlos A. Gonzalez, Howard C. Grant, Mike Grover, Steve R. Hall, Karen A. Hamm, John M. Hanson, Robert H. Harper, Erwin R. Herz, Donald C. Holst, Charles Ifergan, Allan Inbinder, Melvin F. Jager, Robert Kelman, Jim King, Raymond W. Kline, Jr., John T. Lauer, Terrence J. Lauer, Rhonda L. Levin, Mary Ellen Loofbourrow, Gerald R. Lynch, Richard L. MacGregor, Ethel A. Marett, Don W. Matheny, D. Chet McKee, John J. McKenna, John Mengel, Marion J. Mitchell, Vincent Micuch, William Mueller, William G. Myers, Larry Nendze, David A. Novak, Richard A. Nunemaker, Lucille M. Papendorf, Jon H. Rasmussen, Harold Rider, M.B. Rude, Trudy Schwartz, David Semmel, Michael J. Sherman, William G. Shold, Myron Shure, James P. Soper, III, Barry M. Stagl, Donald Stephens, Allan J. Sternstein, Steven M. Stone, John F. Stoner, Donald J. Svachula, Steven Szczepanski, Magdalena O. Valle, William L. Weiss, Frances Whiteford, Helen M. Wydra, Susie Zeiser, Paul Balter and Reid S. Barker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TOWN OF DELAVAN and Town of Delavan Board of Review, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, there were briefs by Alan Marcuvitz and Robert L. Gordon of Weiss, Berzowski, Brady & Donahue of Milwaukee. There were oral arguments by Robert L. Gordon.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, there was a brief by Steven R. Wassel and Steven C. Harvey of Law Offices of Wassel, Kilkenny, Danz, Mistrioty & Lettenberger of Delavan. There were oral arguments by Steven R. Wassel.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Snyder, JJ.


SNYDER, J.

Eighty-nine Town of Delavan residential property owners (hereinafter, the taxpayers) appeal from a dismissal of their § 893.80, STATS., complaint alleging that the Town's system of property tax assessment is unfair and violates the uniformity clause of art. VIII, § 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution.1 The circuit court dismissed the taxpayers' action for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, see...

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