Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Hammann v. Levitan

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided December 3, 1929PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRosenberry, C. J.

The right of the conservation commission to proceed to carry out the provisions of this legislation is challenged on the ground that the acts are unconstitutional and void because as to ch. 475 in contravention of the provisions of art. IV, sec. 18, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, which provides:

“No private or local bill which may be passed by the legislature shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.”

*276Both chapters are challenged on the ground that they are in conflict with art. VIII, sec. 10, the material part of which is as follows:

“The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mills v. CharletonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  2. Dean v. CharltonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Village of Riverside v. MacLainIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Commonwealth v. HazenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  5. Northport Wesleyan Grove Campmeeting Ass'n v. AndrewsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1908

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Muench v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1952
  2. State Ex Rel. Warren v. NusbaumWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Columbia County v. Board of Trustees of Wisconsin Retirement FundWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  4. Libertarian Party of Wisconsin v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1996
  5. City of Brookfield v. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage DistrictWisconsin Supreme Court · 1992

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