FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY v. TOWNSHIP OF LINCOLN

No. 2007AP2523.

761 N.W.2d 31 (2008)

2008 WI App 156

FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Plaintiff-Co-Appellant, v. TOWNSHIP OF LINCOLN, Wisconsin, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed September 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael B. Apfeld, David G. Peterson and John L. Clancy of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-co-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Glenn C. Reynolds and Wade M. Williams of Reynolds & Associates, Madison.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Raymond J. Pollen and Amy J. Doyle of Crivello Carlson, S.C., Milwaukee.

Before HOOVER, P.J., PETERSON and BRUNNER, JJ.


¶ 1 PETERSON, J.

The Forest County Potawatomi Community and the Sokaogon Chippewa Community (the Tribes)1 appeal a summary judgment dismissing their claim against the Township of Lincoln (the Town) for excessive tax on two forty-acre parcels in Crandon, Wisconsin. The Tribes challenged the assessed value of the land—land often referred to as the Crandon mine site. The assessment was...

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