Winkelman v. Town of Delafield

¶ 1. This is a personal jurisdiction problem. The issue is whether a statutory certiorari court, having three years ago denied the landowners a writ claiming conditions attached to a variance were invalid, has continuing jurisdiction over the landowners to order specific performance of those conditions. We note that when a statutory writ is sought by the landowners, the certiorari court's remedy is limited to determining whether a variance is valid. Therefore, the landowners submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the court for that limited purpose. The final decree does not contemplate the…