STATE EX REL. LAWTON v. TOWN OF BARTON

No. 04-0659.

278 Wis.2d 388 (2004)

2005 WI App 16

692 N.W.2d 304

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. Catharine M. LAWTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TOWN OF BARTON, Town Board of Barton, Richard Bertram, Michael Dricken, Randy Stark, Russell Prust, and Russell Abel, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph S. Goode, Mark M. Leitner, and Amy Weber Shambarger of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Madison.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Timothy J. Andringa of Cramer, Multhauf & Hammes, LLP, Waukesha.

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


¶ 1. ANDERSON, P.J.

Catharine M. Lawton appeals from a circuit court order dismissing as moot count four of her amended complaint, which seeks relief under the open meetings law, and an order denying her motion for reconsideration. We hold that a judgment by this court concerning the alleged open meetings law violation would still have a practical legal effect upon an existing controversy and, therefore, count four...

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