Legal Opinion
Sewerage Commission of the City of Milwaukee v. State Department of Natural Resources
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided September 15, 1981No. 81-694PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*184GARTZKE, P.J.
Wisconsin’s Environmental Decade appeals from an order denying Decade leave to intervene. Because the circuit court did not abuse its discretion, and because no federal or state statute requires citizen participation in state actions to enforce water pollution control laws, we affirm.
The Sewerage Commission of the City of Milwaukee, later joined by the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of the County of Milwaukee, brought this action against the DNR in July 1976.1 The city commission sought a declaration invalidating a DNR regulation and requirements in two DNR permits issued to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 528, 14 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7813 Eddie Stallworth v. Monsanto Company v. J. W. Palmer, Movants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, Mike Trbovich v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Culbreath v. DukakisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- 16 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1089, 16 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8164 Maria Alaniz v. Tillie Lewis Foods, Robert Beaver, Applicant-IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
- C.L. v. EdsonCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1987
- Armada Broadcasting, Inc. v. StirnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1994
- Helgeland v. Wisconsin MunicipalitiesWisconsin Supreme Court · 2008
- Olivarez v. Unitrin Property & Casualty InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2006
- Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. v. Consolidated Rail Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 1984
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