Hartland Sportsman's Club, Inc. v. Town of Delafield

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge.

The Hartland Sportsman’s Club appeals the district court’s judgment, entered after a bench trial, in favor of the Town of Delafield, Wisconsin, on Hartland’s claim, pursued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that the Town’s imposition of restrictions on the operation of the club’s Delafield facility violated its procedural and substantive due process rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

This case is essentially an appeal of a zoning decision, and the dispute underlying it reveals a somewhat informal administration of zoning laws by the…