STATE EX REL. HERRO v. VILLAGE OF McFARLAND

No. 2006AP1929.

737 N.W.2d 55 (2007)

2007 WI App 172

STATE of Wisconsin ex rel. Norman C. HERRO and Stuart Herro, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF McFARLAND, Town of Dunn, Village of McFarland-Town of Dunn Joint Committee, Edmond Minihan, Renee Lauber, Vicki Wangerin, Don Peterson, Michael Harried, Patrick Miles and Pauline Boness, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed June 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Joseph A. Ranney and Robert E. Shumaker of DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C. of Madison.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, Village of McFarland, Don Peterson, Michael Harried, Patrick Miles and Pauline Boness, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lawrence E. Bechler and Matthew J. Fleming of Murphy & Desmond, S.C. of Madison.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, Town of Dunn, Edmond Minihan, Renee Lauber and Vicki Wangerin, the cause was submitted on the brief of Richard K. Nordeng, Christopher B. Hughes and Bryan Kleinmaier of Stafford Rosenbaum LLP of Madison.

Before CANE, C.J., HOOVER, P.J., and PETERSON, J.


¶ 1 HOOVER, P.J.

Norman and Stuart Herro appeal a summary judgment dismissing their complaint alleging that the Village of McFarland and the Town of Dunn violated the open meetings law. The Herros assert the Village and Town's joint committee, formed to resolve boundary issues, created an agreement in an impermissibly closed meeting. We conclude there was no violation of the open meetings law, WIS. STAT. § 19.81-19.98,1 and we...

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