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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Feb. 02, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Legal Proceedings
The Company is party to various claims, legal proceedings and investigations arising in the ordinary course of business. Some of these actions involve complex factual and legal issues and are subject to uncertainties. At this time, the Company is not able to either predict the outcome of these legal proceedings or reasonably estimate a potential range of loss with respect to the proceedings. While it is not feasible to predict the outcome of such pending claims, proceedings and investigations with certainty, management is of the opinion that their ultimate resolution should not have a material adverse effect on results of operations, cash flows or financial position taken as a whole.
Beginning in 2005, the Company initiated claims in Iowa County Circuit Court against the City of Dodgeville (the "City") to recover overpaid taxes resulting from the City's excessive property tax assessment of the Company's headquarters campus for each tax year from 2005 through 2016. As of February 2, 2018, the City had refunded, as the result of various court decisions, over $7.5 million in excessive taxes and interest to the Company. All excessive property tax assessments claims arising with respect to the tax years 2005 through 2016 are now closed.
The Company recognized refunds of approximately $1.0 million, $2.4 million and $0.9 million of the above amount in Fiscal 2017, Fiscal 2016 and Fiscal 2015, respectively. The refunds were recorded primarily within Selling and administrative costs in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.