WIREDATA, INC. v. VILLAGE OF SUSSEX

Nos. 2005AP1473, 2006AP174, 2006AP175.

751 N.W.2d 736 (2008)

2008 WI 69

WIREDATA, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. VILLAGE OF SUSSEX and Village of Sussex Custodian, Defendants-Co-Appellants-Cross-Petitioners, Grota Appraisals, L.L.C., Michael L. Grota and Assessment Technologies of WI, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellants-Petitioners. WIREdata, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Village of Thiensville, Defendant-Respondent, Grota Appraisals, L.L.C. and Michael L. Grota, and Assessment Technologies of WI, L.L.C., Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners. WIREdata, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. City of Port Washington, Defendant-Respondent-Cross-Petitioner, Matthies Assessments, Inc., Defendant-Respondent, American Family Insurance Company, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-co-appellants-cross-petitioners and the defendant-respondent-cross-petitioner there were briefs by Raymond J. Pollen, Remzy D. Bitar, and Crivello Carlson & Mentkowski, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Remzy D. Bitar.

For the defendants-appellants-petitioners there were briefs by Joseph A. Kromholz, Daniel R. Johnson, and Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Daniel R. Johnson.

For the defendant-respondent there were briefs by Maile E. Beres, Barbara O'Brien, and Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Barbara O'Brien.

For the respondent there were briefs by Alan H. Deutch, Deutch Law Offices, S.C., and A Division of Deutch & Weiss, L.L.C, Fox Point, and oral argument by Alan H. Deutch.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Andrew T. Phillips, Kristen D. DeCato, and Stadler, Centofanti & Phillips, S.C., Mequon, on behalf of the Wisconsin Counties Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Daniel M. Olson, Madison, on behalf of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Joseph P. Guidote, Jr., Outagamie county corporation counsel, on behalf of the Wisconsin Association of County Corporation Counsel.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by David A. Strifling and Quarles & Brady L.L.P., Milwaukee; E. King Poor and Quarles & Brady L.L.P., Chicago, Ill.; and Michael R. Klipper, Christopher A. Mohr, David Ludwig, and Meyer, Klipper & Mohr, P.L.L.C, Washington, D.C, on behalf of First American CoreLogic, Inc., LexisNexis, the Real Estate Information Professionals Association, and the Software and Information Industry Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Mary E. Burke, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general, on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Paul W. Schwarzenbart and Lee, Kilkelly, Paulson & Younger, S.C., Madison, on behalf of Wisconsin Land Title Association, Inc.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert J. Dreps, Rebecca Kathryn Mason, and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and Wisconsin Newspaper Association.


¶ 1 N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1

¶ 2 Petitioners, Grota Appraisals, LLC, and Michael L. Grota (Grota); Assessment Technologies of WI, LLC; and the Village of Thiensville (Thiensville); and cross-petitioners, the Village of Sussex and the Village of Sussex Custodian (collectively, Sussex); and the City of Port Washington (Port Washington)2

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