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CROPLIFE AMERICA, INC. v. CITY OF MADISON

No. 04-C-0949-C.

373 F.Supp.2d 905 (2005)

CROPLIFE AMERICA, INC.; Rise; Berry Hill Farms, Inc., d/b/a America's Best Flowers Garden Center; Wisconsin Fertilizer & Chemical Association; Landmark Services Cooperative; Midwest Hardware Association; Keyman Lawn Care, LLC; Midwest Lawn Care, LLC; and Wisconsin Landscape Federation, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MADISON, Kathryn N. Vedder, Michael May, Dane County, Kathleen Falk and Lynn Green, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

As amended June 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Ustad Smith, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Madison, WI, Lawrence S. Ebner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs, America's Best Flowers Garden Center, Berry Hill Farms, Inc., Croplife America, Inc., Keyman Lawn Care, LLC, Landmark Services Cooperative, Midwest Hardware Association, Midwest Lawn Care, LLC, Rise, Wisconsin Fertilizer & Chemical Association, Wisconsin Landscape Federation.

Michael P. May, City Attorney, Madison, WI, for Defendants, City of Madison, Michael May, Kathryn N. Vedder.

Marcia A. MacKenzie, Dane County Corporation Counsel, Madison, WI, for Defendants, Dane County, Kathleen Falk, Lynn Green.

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

This civil action for injunctive relief raises the question whether local governmental units can impose restrictions on fertilizer content, use and sale without violating the supremacy or commerce clauses of the United States Constitution or the rights of plaintiff fertilizer sellers under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and comparable provisions of Wisconsin's constitution. Plaintiffs...

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