Madison (Wis). City Attorney: City Attorney's Files, 1932-2004

Container Title
C2013/001
Part 2 (C2013/001): Additions, 1950-1968
Physical Description: 3.0 cubic feet (3 records center cartons) 
Scope and Content Note: Selected legal cases, 1950-1968. Cases include arbitrations, agreements, and court proceedings. Of note is the case in which the plaintiffs petitioned the court to declare the contract between the City and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, William Wesley Peters, Taliesin Associated Architects, et al. to build the Monona Terrace Civic Center illegal.
Box   1-2
File No. 631: Braun, Jane C., et al. v. City of Madison, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, William Wesley Peters, Taliesin Associated Architects, et al., 1961-1968
Note: Plaintiffs sought to declare the City's contract with Taliesin to design the City's Civic Center project (at the current location of Monona Terrace) illegal. Circuit court case #121379. Photos.
Box   3
File No. 1161: Public Service Commission proceeding, 1960-1963
Note: City sought right to build the Monona Causeway. Photos included.
Box   3
File No. 583-B: Dean Milk Company (appellant) v. City, 1950
Note: Regulating the sale of milk, and issues of pasteurization and inspection. On appeal from the Supreme Court.
Box   3
File No. 1040: Cartalucca v. Olson and Tomaselli, 1959-1960
Note: False arrest based on an officer exceeding authority.
Box   3
File No. 726: Paul Stoudt v. City, 1950
Note: Stoudt alleged that the city was negligent in its care of the Tenney Park Locks resulting in the drowning of Ronald Stroude and Anthony DeGregory. Photos of Tenney Locks included.
Box   3
File No. 1167: Martha Trammel v. Roy Holtzman, Police Detective, 1961-1962
Note: Alleged false detention based on race. Circuit court case #109269.
Box   3
File No. 1145: U.S Government v. City, 1961
Note: Agreement between U.S. Air Force and City concerning conversion of the Truax Field dump to a sanitary land fill dump. Plan prepared by the Oscar Mayer Firm.
Box   3
File No. 1138: Bernard Bass v. Robert L. Nichols and City, 1960-1962
Note: Assault and battery charges against police officer. Circuit court case #108309.