Legal Opinion
State v. City of Oak Creek
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 2000No. 97-2188PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. Patrick Crooks, J.
¶ 1. The attorney general, claiming to be acting on behalf of the State of Wisconsin, brought an action for injunctive relief under Wis. Stat. §§ 30.294, 823.01, and 832.02 (1995-96)1 to require the city of Oak Creek to remove a concrete *617channel from a quarter mile length of Crawfish Creek, a tributary that flows through the city. The attorney general alleged that Wis. Stat. § 30.056, which exempts the city of Oak Creek from certain permit requirements related to the concrete channel, is unconstitutional. The attorney general also alleged that the concrete channel creates a public nuisance…
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