220 Wis. 2d 855 - Lins v. Blau’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 136 Wis. 2d 304 - Green Spring Farms v. Kersten · 201 Wis. 2d 274 - UFE Inc. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission · 119 Wis. 2d 871 - In Interest of PAK · 103 Wis. 2d 1 - Gutter v. Seamandel · 169 Wis. 2d 1 - Tempelis v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“imposes a duty on governmental entities to refrain from impeding the general flow of surface water or stream water in any unreasonable manner so as to cause either an unnecessary accumulation of waters flooding or water-soaking uplands or an unreasonable 7 No. 2019AP130 accumulation and discharge of surface waters flooding or water- soaking lowlands.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“was enacted to regulate the construction and drainage of all highways in order to protect property owners from damage to lands caused by unreasonable diversion or retention of surface waters due to the construction of highways or railroad beds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he legislature made this change with the intent to provide the landowner with 'sufficient time to discover the damage.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.