Jackson County v. State Department of Natural Resources

717 N.W.2d 713 (2006)

2006 WI 96

JACKSON COUNTY, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

STATE of Wisconsin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Jackson County Sanitary Landfill, Inc. and Thomas McNulty, Defendants-Respondents.

Nos. 2004AP2582, 2005AP545.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Argued March 2, 2006.

Decided July 11, 2006.

For the plaintiff-appellant, there were briefs by Brian E. Butler, Richard C. Yde, Daniel P. Gustafson, and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Brian E. Butler.

For the defendant-respondent State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the cause was argued by Thomas J.…