State Ex Rel. Michalek v. LeGrand

Challenged here is the constitutionality of the rent withholding ordinance of the city of Milwaukee, enacted to compel compliance with the city’s building and and zoning code.

Our discussion begins with reviewing the reach and impact of the municipal home rule amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution, providing:

“Cities and villages organized pursuant to state law are hereby empowered, to determine their local affairs and government, subject only to this constitution and to such enactments of legislature of state-wide concern as shall with uniformity affect every city or every village. . . .” 1

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