DEUTSCHES LAND, INC. v. CITY OF GLENDALE

No. 96-2489.

225 Wis.2d 70 (1999)

591 N.W.2d 583

DEUTSCHES LAND, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. CITY OF GLENDALE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Hugh R. Braun, Jeffrey L. Janik and Godfrey, Braun & Frazier, Milwaukee and oral argument by Hugh R. Braun.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by John F. Fuchs, City Attorney, Alan Marcuvitz, Robert L. Gordon and Weiss, Berzowski, Brady & Donahue, LLP, all of Milwaukee and oral argument by Robert L. Gordon.

Amicus curiae was filed by Sandra Stone Ruffalo, Milwaukee, for the Milwaukee Turners, Inc.

Amicus curiae was filed by Dominic H. Frinzi, Milwaukee, for the Italian Community Center, Inc.

Amicus curiae was filed by Grant F. Langley, city attorney, Gregg C. Hagopian, assistant city attorney, Curtis A. Witynski and League of Wisconsin Municipalities, John E. Meyer and Wisconsin Association of Assessing Officers, all of Milwaukee, for the City of Milwaukee, League of Wisconsin Municipalities and Wisconsin Association of Assessing Officers.


¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

The petitioner, Deutsches Land, Inc. (Deutsches Land) seeks review of a published decision of the Court of Appeals1 which reversed the circuit court's grant of exemptions from real property taxes. Deutsches Land argues that as a benevolent association its property is entitled to exemption from Wisconsin property taxes under Wis. Stat. § 70.11 (1995-96).

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