United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for municipal defendants in a challenge by plaintiffs, producers and suppliers of lawn care products, to local ordinances forbidding the sale or use of certain fertilizers is affirmed over defendant's claim that the ordinances are preempted by a Wisconsin state statute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/02/2005
• Decided 12/23/2005
• Published 12/27/2005

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ann Ustad Smith, Michael Best & Friedrich, Madison, WI, Lawrence S. Ebner (argued), McKenna & Cuneo, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael P. May, James M. Voss, Office of the City Attorney, Madison, WI, Marcia MacKenzie (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Madison, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.