Legal Opinion
Kickers of Wisconsin, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided October 17, 1995No. 94-2140PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchudson, J.
The issue in this case is whether Kickers of Wisconsin, Inc., a youth soccer organization, qualifies as an "educational association" entitled to property tax exemption pursuant to § 70.11(4), STATS., which exempts up to ten acres of property owned and used by various educational, benevolent, and religious organizations. The trial court concluded, inter alia, that "the predominant purpose of [Kickers] is recreational" and, therefore, that Kickers was not an educational association entitled to the property tax exemption. We agree and affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Kickers is seeking an exemption for a…
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