Legal Opinion
Golden Sands Dairy LLC v. Town of Saratoga
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 2018No. 2015AP001258PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMichael J. Gableman, J.
*120*708¶ 1 Wisconsin has long provided a vested right to build a structure upon the filing of a building permit application that strictly conforms to all applicable zoning regulations (the "Building Permit Rule")-a doctrine we reaffirmed last term in McKee Family I, LLC v. City of Fitchburg, 2017 WI 34, 374 Wis. 2d 487, 893 N.W.2d 12. Golden Sands Dairy, LLC ("Golden Sands"), either owns outright (or is under contract to purchase) what collectively amounts to 6,388 acres in and around the Town of Saratoga ("Saratoga")1 on which it seeks to operate a *709farm using the "farming full circle" model.2…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Scarpaci v. Milwaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Progressive Northern Insurance Company v. RomanshekWisconsin Supreme Court · 2005
- WMM Properties, Inc. v. Cobb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Zealy v. City of WaukeshaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1996
- Crown Media, LLC v. Gwinnett County, GACourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by3 opinions
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