Legal Opinion
State v. Mutter
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided March 31, 1964PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon, J.
This case presents a difficult problem in the construction of statutory law and brings to mind the comment attributed to Lord Coke:
“If it be common law, I should be ashamed if I could not give you a ready answer; but if it be statute law, I should be equally ashamed if I answered you immediately.”
—Woolrych, Life of Coke, page 197.
As the defendant analyzes the statutory history of the Forest Crop Law, he draws the conclusion that Vilas county was legally entitled to withdraw its lands from the state program. He bases this conclusion on the provisions of ch. 77, Stats., and particularly sec.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Columbia County v. Board of Trustees of Wisconsin Retirement FundWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
- School District No. 3 of Adams v. CallahanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1941
- State Ex Rel. Martin v. City of JuneauWisconsin Supreme Court · 1941
- Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District v. Committee on Water PollutionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1951
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Brown County v. Department of Health & Social ServicesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1981
- Jeanine B. Ex Rel. Blondis v. ThompsonDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1995
- County of Dane v. Department of Health & Social ServicesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
- City of Marshfield v. Town of CameronWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
- Wegwart v. Eagle Movers, Inc.District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1977
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