NORQUIST v. ZEUSKE

No. 96-1812-OA.

211 Wis.2d 241 (1997)

564 N.W.2d 748

John O. NORQUIST, Kevin M. Crawford, Michael R. Miller, Joseph Laux, Dan Thompson, Edward Huck and Gerald Jorgensen, Petitioners, v. Cate ZEUSKE, in her official capacity as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners there was a brief by Robert Horowitz, Kristine A. Euclide and Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison and oral argument by Robert Horowitz.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Alan Lee, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by H. Dale Peterson, Sverre David Roang, and Stroud, Stroud, Willink, Thompson & Howard, Madison for The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, Cooperative, The Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America, Wisconsin Division, The National Farmers Organization, The Wisconsin Agribusiness Council, The Wisconsin Agri-Service Association, Inc., The Wisconsin Cattlemen's Association, Cooperative, The Wisconsin Corn Growers Association, Inc., The Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives, The Wisconsin Pork Producers Association, Cooperative, The Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association, Inc., The Wisconsin Soybean Association, Inc., and The Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Richard J. Stadelman, Executive Director, Shawano, for the Wisconsin Towns Association.


¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

On June 25, 1996, John Norquist, mayor of the City of Milwaukee; Kevin Crawford, mayor of the City of Manitowoc; Michael Miller, mayor of the City of West Bend; Joeseph Laux, mayor of the City of Menasha; Dan Thompson, executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities; Edward Huck, executive director of the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities; and Gerald Jorgenson, an owner of agricultural land in Wisconsin, sought leave to commence...

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