Legal Opinion · Dissent

Panzer v. Doyle

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 2004No. 03-0910-OAPublished

1Dissent

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J., ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., and N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

(dissenting).

¶ 114. The sum total of the majority opinion is to deliver the following bad news to the people of the State: all bets are off. Or at least, all new bets in the 2003 amendments are off.

¶ 115. A majority of the court devotes more than a third of its lengthy opinion to recounting the long history of gaming in the State of Wisconsin. Its factual diversions mask its inconsistent patchwork of legal analysis.

¶ 116. The practical consequences of the majority opinion are as breathtaking as its legal analysis.

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2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Printz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Allied Structural Steel Co. v. SpannausSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Cuyler v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1981

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