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IN RE ANNEXATION OF SMITH PROPERTY

Nos. 00-1913 through 00-1916.

247 Wis.2d 946 (2001)

2001 WI App 201

634 N.W.2d 840

IN RE the ANNEXATION OF the SMITH PROPERTY: TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF LA CROSSE, Defendant-Appellant. IN RE the ANNEXATION OF the BECKER PROPERTY: TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF LA CROSSE, Defendant-Appellant. IN RE the ANNEXATION OF the McCORMICK PROPERTY: TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF LA CROSSE, Defendant-Appellant. IN RE THE ANNEXATION OF the EDWARDS PROPERTY: TOWN OF CAMPBELL, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF LA CROSSE, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patrick J. Houlihan, city attorney of La Crosse, and Terence R. Collins and Cheryl M. Gill of Collins, Quillin & Knothe, Ltd. of La Crosse.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of John D. Claypool of Herrling, Clark, Hartzheim & Siddall, Ltd. of Appleton.

A nonparty brief was filed by Claire Silverman of League of Wisconsin Municipalities of Madison for League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

A nonparty brief was filed by H. Stanley Riffle of Arenz, Molter, Macy & Riffle, S.C. of Waukesha for Wisconsin Towns Association.

Before Vergeront, P.J., Dykman and Lundsten, JJ.

¶ 1. LUNDSTEN, J.

The Town of Campbell filed four suits against the City of La Crosse, challenging four ordinances which annexed certain properties in the Town to the City. The Town challenged the validity of the annexations on the basis that the annexed property did not meet the contiguity requirement of WIS. STAT. § 66.021(2) (1995-96),1 and moved for summary judgment. The trial court granted summary judgment in each case in...

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