Legal Opinion

Olson v. Town of Cottage Grove

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided May 30, 2008No. 2005AP2257PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDavid T. Prosser, J.

¶ 1. This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals,1 reversing a summary judgment issued by the Dane County Circuit Court, Angela B. Bartell, Judge. The circuit court dismissed a declaratory judgment action filed by plaintiff Walter Olson (Olson).

¶ 2. Olson is a real estate developer who owns 69.72 acres of land in the Town of Cottage Grove (Town) in Dane County (County). Olson brought a declaratory judgment action challenging the legality of the Town's Land Division and Planning Code § 15.15 (the ordinance or § 15.15). Olson sought to have the *370ordinance declared…

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