Published: August 17, 2010
Tags: Bloomington, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, farm, Joint Airport Zoning Board, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Minnesota River Valley, Supreme Court, United Properties
By Dan Emerson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — The former James E. Kelley farm, a 60-acre site just southeast of the Mall of America, may be the most picturesque spot in Bloomington. Vintage rail-fencing surrounds pastures where sheep and llamas still graze, with a spectacular view of the Minnesota River Valley.
And as the largest parcel of undeveloped [...]
Published: July 21, 2010
Tags: asbestos, blame, brakes, FMC Corp., general contractor, H&H Industries, lawsuit, liability, negligent, subcontractor, Supreme Court
Comments: 1
By Denise Lockwood
Special to The Daily Reporter
A state Supreme Court ruling that absolved a Milwaukee brake maker of liability in the death of an independent contractor could muddy the legal waters industry wide, legal professionals warn.
The court ruled this week that FMC Corp. was not negligent in the death of Walter Tatera, a former [...]
Published: July 5, 2010
Tags: E-L Enterprises, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, Supreme Court
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District does not have to pay a business for damages to its building caused by the removal of groundwater.
The court voted 6-1 to throw out a $624,000 award for E-L Enterprises Inc., which argued MMSD’s construction of a sewer line beneath its [...]
Published: June 22, 2010
Tags: Berliner, condemnation, Drakos, eminent domain, Institute for Justice, Jeff Fleming, lease, Maharishi Vedic University, Michael Berger, Milwaukee, Supreme Court, Towne Metropolitan, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2874, VFW
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
A Milwaukee VFW post lost $300,000 and a chance to tilt national eminent domain law toward property owners after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to accept a case.
The lawsuit was over the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s 2001 acquisition of a building in which the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2874 [...]
Published: June 17, 2010
Tags: American Rights at Work, National Labor Relations Board, Supreme Court
By Jesse J. Holland
AP Writer
Washington (AP) — More than 500 decisions by the leading federal agency that referees disputes between labor and management will have to be reopened after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the five-member board had operated illegally when its membership dwindled to two.
The high court, in a 5-4 ruling in which [...]
Published: May 18, 2010
Tags: City of Milwaukee Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2874, eminent domain, Gideon Kanner Manatt, Hagopian, Maharishi Vedic University, Phelps & Phillips, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin Supreme Court
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By Sean Ryan
National organizations that focus on eminent domain law are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a lawsuit over the vacant property at 27th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee acquired the property in 2001 from Maharishi Vedic University Inc. by declaring the land blighted. [...]
Published: March 17, 2010
Tags: 9to5, lawsuit, Sheehan, sick leave, Supreme Court
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the lawsuit over Milwaukee’s sick leave law.
A state court of appeals in February refused to issue an opinion on the lawsuit, and instead asked the supreme court to decide the case.
The lawsuit is between the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, which opposes the sick leave law, [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: City Council, District IV Court of Appeals, Dodgeville, Dodgeville City Council, Edwin James, Hocking, lawsuit, Murphy Desmond Lawyers SC, Schmit, Supreme Court, Trachtenberg, Van Horn, Wallace Rogers, Wisconsin Supreme Court
By Paul Snyder
A homeowner’s 18-year pursuit of payback from Dodgeville has reached the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which will decide if Glen Hocking filed his water runoff lawsuit four years too late.
Supreme Court justices Wednesday will hear oral arguments in a four-year-old lawsuit filed by Hocking against Dodgeville over a 1992 residential subdivision project.
Hocking sued Dodgeville [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, DNA, Great Lakes, Supreme Court
Comments: 1
By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Government officials and Illinois businesses are overstating the economic pain that would result from closing Chicago-area shipping locks to block the Asian carp’s path to the Great Lakes, two transportation specialists said Thursday.
Costs of transporting and handling cargo on Chicago waterways would rise by about $70 [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: 9to5, appeals court, Building Solutions, Macejkovic, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, MMAC, referendum, sick leave, Steve Baas, Supreme Court, Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 1
By Sean Ryan
Building Service Inc. will move about two miles west to Menomonee Falls if Milwaukee’s sick leave law takes effect.
“We lease our building,” said James Macejkovic, executive vice president of the Milwaukee-based contractor. “We’ve done a search, and we’ve got options that are available. And if we have to, we’ll pull the trigger.”
Macejkovic will [...]
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