Quality Legal Actions and Court Cases – Central Sands Water Action Coalition

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”

Kewaunee County

Judge Blames Toxic Kewaunee County Wells on Massive Regulatory Failure – 10/30/14
Wisconsin Supreme Court to Hear Appeal on Kinnard Farms Expansion, CAFO Regulation – 4/15/19
Kinnard Farms CAFO Expansion Water Pollution Permit Challenge – 6/4/19

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

State Supreme Court Decision – 6/5/18
Saratoga not Giving Up after State Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Proposed Dairy – 6/5/18
Saratoga Still has Multiple Options to Block Proposed Mega-dairy – 7/3/18

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

Juneau County

Dairy Companies Knew They Were Contaminating Groundwater Wells – 1/8/19