Legal Opinion
State v. Joe Must Go Club of Wisconsin, Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 1, 1955PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBROADFOOt, J.
On January 12, 1905, the then governor of the state of Wisconsin included the following in his message to the legislature:
“The Corporation in Campaigns and Elections.
“The participation in government of the corporation as a corporation is a menace. Its action is governed by no sense of individual or personal responsibility. It is controlled by no sentiment of patriotism. Corporations are organised for profit and gain, and enter the field of politics solely in the interests of the business for which they are created.
“I believe it to be vitally important that corporations should be prohibited by…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Novak v. RedwineCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
- City of Coos Bay v. Aerie No. 538 of Fraternal Order of EaglesOregon Supreme Court · 1946
- Vandervort v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1931
- City & County of Denver v. GushurstSupreme Court of Colorado · 1949
- City of Los Angeles v. CohenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Medlock v. SchmidtWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
- Opinion No. Oag 5-76, (1976), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1976
- Minnesota Ass'n of Commerce & Industry v. FoleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- MINNESOTA ASS'N OF COMMERCE, ETC. v. FoleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Opinion No. Oag 20-84, (1984), Wisconsin Attorney General Reports1984