On May 7, 2019, DNR (represented by the Department of Justice) requested to switch sides in in the Hi Cap and Kinnard Farm cases currently before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

On April 25th, the Wisconsin Legislature moved to intervene in two cases of particular interest to the Foundation: the Hi Cap well litigation and Kinnard Farms.

On April 9, the Supreme Court accepted by-pass certification of the Foundation’s two Clean Wisconsin cases (Hi-cap and Kinnard Farms).

On Feb. 21, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (DPW) sued GOP legislative leaders in another attempt to quash the lame-duck laws. This is the fourth challenge brought against legislation passed and signed into law by outgoing Gov. Walker after the November 2018 elections.

February 15, 2019. Three lawsuits currently challenge the validity of the legislation passed in the November 2018 Extraordinary Session. These extraordinary session laws, also referred to as the “lame-duck legislation,” are being challenged on procedural and substantive grounds for moving authority currently in the executive branch and placing it in the legislative branch.

On July 16, the Great Lakes Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief on behalf of six business associations in Kinnard Farms, Inc. v. DNR.