Black v. City of Milwaukee

CURLEY, RJ.

¶ 1. Wisconsin's "home rule" amendment, Wis. Const. art. XI, § 3.(1), provides, as relevant here, that "[c]ities and villages organized pursuant to state law may determine their local affairs and government, subject only to this constitution and to such enactments of the legislature of statewide concern as with uniformity shall affect every city or every village." This means, broadly speaking, that where a city has created law under its "home rule" authority, any state law in conflict must yield to the local law unless it involves a matter of "statewide concern" and affects every…