Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 20-89, (1989)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided July 10, 1989PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. KLAUSER, Secretary Department of Administration
You have posed four questions which together ask whether the state can contract public debt to finance its contributions to the proposed Great Lakes Protection Fund (the "Fund"), a permanent endowment of $100 million to "ensure the continuous development of needed scientific information, new cleanup technologies and innovative methods of attacking pollution problems" contemplated by the governors of the Great Lakes states. Specifically, you ask the following:
1. Could public debt be constructed [sic] to fund an endowment contribution so…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Hammermill Paper Co. v. La PlanteWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Kallas Millwork Corp. v. Square D Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. DonaldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1915
- Rippe v. BeckerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- State Ex Rel. La Follette v. StittWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
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