WALGREEN CO. v. CITY OF MADISON

No. 2006AP1859.

752 N.W.2d 687 (2008)

2008 WI 80

WALGREEN CO., Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. CITY OF MADISON, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Don M. Millis, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C., Madison; James H. Gilbert, James H. Gilbert Law Group P.L.L.C., Eden Prairie, Minn.; and Robert A. Hill, Robert Hill & Associates, Eden Prairie, Minn., and oral argument by Robert A. Hill.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief and the cause was argued by Larry W. O'Brien, assistant city attorney, Madison.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert Horowitz and Stafford Rosenbaum L.L.P., Madison, on behalf of Wisconsin Association of Assessing Officers, League of Wisconsin Municipalities, City of Brookfield, City of Cudahy, City of Eua Claire, City of Greenfield, City of Kenosha, City of Lake Geneva, City of Milwaukee, City of New Berlin, City of Oshkosh, and Village of Pleasant Prairie, and oral argument by Robert Horowitz.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by David D. Wilmoth, Patricia Hintz and Quarles & Brady L.L.P., Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Merchants Federation, Inc., and oral argument by David D. Wilmoth.


¶ 1 LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.

Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) seeks review of a published court of appeals opinion1 affirming a judgment of the Dane County Circuit Court, the Honorable Diane M. Nicks presiding. The judgment adopted assessments of two Walgreens stores located in Madison, Wisconsin, conducted by the City of Madison (City) for tax purposes. Walgreens challenged the assessments and sought a refund of taxes paid on the properties...

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