County of La Crosse v. City of La Crosse

The City of La Crosse appeals from a circuit court judgment declaring that a county supervisory district plan adopted by the La Crosse County Board shall control the spring 1982 election for county supervisors. The court reserved jurisdiction to determine whether that plan shall be the final plan in effect for the next decade.

The city contends that the county plan is invalid because it was adopted after the statutory deadline. By the time the county board adopted the plan, the city had adopted its own municipal ward plan. We hold that the city’s plan was void and that the court had the power…