Legal Opinion
Cords v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1974No. 187PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkie, J.
Four issues are raised in this appeal:
1. Have the defendants waived their right to assert sovereign immunity as a bar to this suit?
2. Can the state of Wisconsin or the Wisconsin department of natural resources be sued directly for injuries allegedly caused by the negligence of state employees?
3. Does the existing Wisconsin statutory pattern deny to the plaintiffs rights secured to them by the Wisconsin Constitution and the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution?
4. Does sec. 270.58, Stats., create a cause of action against the state in contract?
1. Waiver of objection to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Soriano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Holytz v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
- Honda v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Perkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
- Kendall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Wirth v. EhlyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Lister v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin SystemWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
- Brown v. Wichita State UniversitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
- Kitto v. Minot Park DistrictNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
- Jackson v. BensonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1998
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