Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Thomson v. Zimmerman

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1953PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

“ . . . there is a presumption that all acts of the legislature are constitutional until established otherwise, and this presumption applies to apportionment acts as well as other statutes.” State ex rel. Broughton v. Zimmerman (1952), 261 Wis. 398, 411, 52 N. W. (2d) 903.

Our attention, then, must be directed first toward the attack on the Rogan Act, for unless that has merit the pre*649sumption alone will sustain the legislation. To understand the act and the objections which the defendant makes to its validity, certain facts set forth in the pleadings, or of which we may take judicial notice,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Attorney General v. CunningamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  2. State ex rel. Lamb v. CunninghamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  3. State ex rel. Hudd v. TimmeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  4. State Ex Rel. Broughton v. ZimmermanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
  5. State ex rel. Ekern v. ZimmermanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. State v. PostWisconsin Supreme Court · 1995
  2. State v. RachelWisconsin Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Caesar v. WilliamsIdaho Supreme Court · 1962
  4. State v. Dennis H.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 2002
  5. State Ex Rel. Lein v. SathreNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1962

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