Regulatory Certainty

Binversie v. Town of Eureka

Free Enterprise, Regulatory Certainty

This lawsuit, filed on behalf of two taxpayers against the Town of Eureka, challenges an onerous permitting scheme imposed by Eureka on livestock farms known…

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Inc. and Leather Rich Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

WMC filed this lawsuit in February 2021 to stop the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from regulating what it calls “emerging contaminants” as hazardous…

Wisconsin Dairy Alliance Inc. and Venture Dairy Cooperative v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Free Enterprise, Regulatory Certainty

The WMC Litigation Center filed this lawsuit in May 2023 on behalf of two organizations who represent dairy farmers. This lawsuit challenges two administrative rules…

Ruffolo v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Constitutional Rights, Regulatory Certainty

The WMC Litigation Center filed this lawsuit on behalf of two small-business owners, Ralph and Mary Ruffolo, in June 2023. When the Ruffolos did an…

*Kathleen Papa v. DHS – Act 21 Explicit Authority & Unlawful Guidance

Regulatory Certainty

On July 9th, 2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Medicaid providers, holding DHS’s auditing and claw-back policies fell outside the boundaries…

*Kinnard Farms, Inc. v. DNR – Act 21 Explicit Authority

Regulatory Certainty

This case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court tests DNR’s authority to impose permit conditions that require off-site groundwater monitoring and limits on animal units. It…

*Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. DNR – Act 21 Explicit Authority and Public Trust Delegation

Regulatory Certainty

GLLF represents eight Wisconsin business associations as intervenors in this case currently before the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In its decision, the court should establish judicial…

*Wisconsin Property Tax Consultants, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Department of Revenue

Regulatory Certainty

Business Interest: This case is important because it gives the Wisconsin Supreme Court an opportunity to clarify when a party can bring a suit to…

*Clean Wisconsin, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, et al.

Regulatory Certainty, Separation of Powers

This case involved questions of interpretation of 2011 Wisconsin Act 21, a significant regulatory reform adopted almost a decade ago. Act 21 limits agency authority…

*Dane County, et al. v. Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, et al.

Regulatory Certainty

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) unanimously approved a project to build a new high-voltage transmission line known as the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line. This…

*Container Life Cycle Management v. DNR

Regulatory Certainty, Separation of Powers

This case involves a right fundamental to our government’s separation of powers: the right to judicial review of an executive-branch agency’s decision. In this case,…

Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. DNR

Regulatory Certainty

In this case, WMC filed an amicus brief in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. WMC argued that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) had unlawfully…