Mehlos v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. Action to restrain enforcement of a city ordinance upon the ground of its being unconstitutional. The following is such ordinance: “Section JL.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: J. 0. Ludwig, Circuit Judge. Action to restrain enforcement of a city ordinance upon the ground of its being unconstitutional. The following is such ordinance: “Section JL. The term ‘public, dance’ or ‘public ball,’ as used in this ordinance, shall be taken to mean any dance or ball to which admission can be had by payment of a fee or by the purchase, possession or presentation of a ticket or token in which a charge is made for caring for clothing or other property or any other dance to which the public generally may gain…
1Opinion of the CourtMaesiiall, J.
These are the basic propositions to be considered: Is the maintenance of public dance halls a proper subject for police regulation? Does the city of Milwaukee possess authority in respect to such matter ? Are the means adopted legitimate?
The general nature of the police power has been too often defined to leave room for anything further to be said of a strictly original nature. This court dealt, generally, with the matter in the following and other cases: State ex rel. Adams *597v. Burdge, 95 Wis. 390, 70 N. W. 347; State ex rel. Winkler v. Benzenberg, 101 Wis. 172, 175, 76 N. W. 345; State ex…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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- State ex rel. Milwaukee Medical College v. ChittendenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
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- State ex rel. Risch v. Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension FundWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
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