Legal and Court Case Summaries
- New! Judge Rules DNR Can Test for PFAS but not Take Legal Action without Standards
- Defending Wisconsin’s Waters – 4/29/18
- Wisconsin Water Court Cases in Progress – 4/28/19
- DNR Public Trust Doctrine Videos (3-part series): “Champions of the Public Trust”
Pleasant Lake Management District, Waushara County v. Richfield Dairy
Re-issued WPDES Permit to Richfield Dairy – 11/15/18
Update 6/22/19: MEA article re: Kinnard case (this case is impacting PLMD v. Richfield Dairy case)
Update 6/23/20: Pleasant Lake Management District settled out of court 6/2019 with Richfield Dairy’s “parent” company Milk Source, LLC. However the basis for the settlement is still pending since participants are waiting for the State Supreme Court’s decision re: Kinnard Farms in Kewaunee County case (case #2 – “Lynda Cochart, et al. v. Wisconsin DNR” detailed in above “Wisconsin Water Court Cases in Progress” summary dated 4/28/19).
Town of Saratoga, Wood County
Livestock Siting Law
- Livestock Facility Siting Law – updated April, 2020
- High Stakes for Wisconsin Waters – awaiting State Supreme Court hearing date – submitted filing 1/16/19