Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 3-86, (1986)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided January 30, 1986PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL B. JACKSON, Secretary Department of Transportation
You have requested an opinion relating to controls over the use of lands abutting highways. Your request was occasioned by correspondence I had with District Attorney Duket of Marinette County and particularly my letter to him of December 21, 1984.
I advised the district attorney that if the public body has an easement over land abutting the highway, the abutting owner retains the remaining benefits of ownership except those specifically limited for the public benefit. I further advised that the abutting owner retains the right to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Goldblatt v. Town of HempsteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Howell Plaza, Inc. v. State Highway CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
- Walker v. Green Lake CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1955
- Wiggins v. Alabama Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1926
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