Legal Opinion

City of Milwaukee v. Wroten

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided March 6, 1991No. 89-1628PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is an appeal on bypass pursuant to sec. 808.05, Stats., from an *212order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Leah M. Lampone, judge, which affirmed the order of the municipal court of the City of Milwaukee dismissing the complaint of the city charging the defendant, Eloise Wroten, with "resisting" a police officer, contrary to the provisions of Ordinance 2-138. We affirm.

The municipal court, James A. Gramling, Jr., municipal judge, dismissed because he found the ordinance to be overbroad and, hence, unconstitutional.

On appeal to the circuit court and to this…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  2. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. City of Houston v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Shuttlesworth v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. JanssenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
  2. City of Sun Prairie v. DavisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Lounge Management, Ltd. v. Town of TrentonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
  4. State v. Douglas D.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Martinez v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human RelationsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992

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