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ALEXANDER v. CITY OF MADISON

No. 00-2692.

247 Wis.2d 576 (2001)

2001 WI App 208

634 N.W.2d 577

William ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY of MADISON, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Lester A. Pines and Tamara B. Packard of Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP of Madison.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Eunice Gibson, city attorney, and Robert E. Olsen, assistant city attorney, of Madison.

Before Vergeront, P.J., Roggensack and Deininger, JJ.

¶ 1. ROGGENSACK, J.

William Alexander appeals the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to the City of Madison on his claim that ordinances that provide $10,000 economic development grants to successful applicants for a reserve Class B liquor license are unconstitutional. He argues that the ordinances violate the public purpose doctrine because (1) the benefits are too indirect and remote to constitute a public...

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