Lawsuit challenges Brown County’s use of local sales tax for capital projects
The News: Attorneys for the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) are participating in Wisconsin Supreme Court oral arguments, Tuesday, in Brown County v. Brown County Taxpayers Association, a legal ...
Brown County wants to use sales tax to fund capital projects, not property tax reduction
The News: The Wisconsin Supreme Court granted a request from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to review a lawsuit in which WILL claims, on behalf of the Brown County Taxpayers Association (BCTA), that Brown ...
WILL asks Court of Appeals to invalidate new tax used to fund big-ticket spending items
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) appealed a circuit court decision that Brown County’s sales tax complies with state law. WILL appealed to District III of the Wisconsin Court ...
Question why county bothered to have original case dismissed
May 24, 2018 - Green Bay, Wisconsin – Yesterday, Brown County filed a lawsuit reopening a dispute over the legality of its new 0.5% sales tax. A previous suit, brought by the Brown County Taxpayers Association (BCTA) and a Brown ...