Wisconsin Carry, Inc. v. City of Madison

¶ 1.

DANIEL KELLY, J.

The question before the court is whether the City of Madison (the "City"), *550through its Transit and Parking Commission (the "Commission"), may prohibit passengers from bearing weapons on the buses it operates as "Metro Transit."1

I. BACKGROUND

¶ 2. The Commission adopted a rule on July 12, 2005, to address the conduct of passengers using Metro Transit's public transportation services (the "Rule").2 The Rule identifies several types of unacceptable conduct, any one of which subjects the offending individual to potential expulsion from city buses. As relevant here, the Rule…