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State Ex Rel. Wettengel v. Zimmerman

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided September 20, 1946PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRosenbeRry, C. J.

The petition of the relator concerning as it does the choice of a senator of the United States must be determined in accordance with federal law.

Art. I of the constitution of the United States provides:

“Section 3. ... No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. ...”
“Section 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Ex Parte SieboldSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Dred Scott v. SandfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
  5. Barry v. United States Ex Rel. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1929

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Conrad Joyner v. Rose Mofford, Secretary of State, State of Arizona Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General, State of ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  2. Shub v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1950
  3. State Ex Rel. Chavez v. EvansNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Thorsted v. GregoireDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1994
  5. Markwort v. McGeeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951

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