Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Building Owners & Managers Ass'n of Milwaukee v. Adamany
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 28, 1974No. State 256-259PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernaN, J.
The plaintiffs are faced with a strong presumption that the law is constitutional. That presumption was explained in State ex rel. Hammermill Payer Co. v. La Plante (1973), 58 Wis. 2d 32, 47, 205 N. W. 2d 784, quoting from Gottlieb v. Milwaukee (1967), 33 Wis. 2d 408, 415, 416, 147 N. W. 2d 633:
“ ‘On the other hand, it is a legislative enactment that is attacked as being unconstitutional, and the cardinal rule of statutory construction is to preserve a statute and to find it constitutional if it is at all possible to do so. We have recently said:
“‘“. . . the duty of this court is ... if…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Home Building & Loan Assn. v. BlaisdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bank of Columbia v. OkelySupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Block v. HirshSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- City of El Paso v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Chappy v. Labor & Industry Review CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1987
- Boatland, Inc. And Robert L. Moore v. Brunswick CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- State Ex Rel. Briggs & Stratton Corp. v. NollWisconsin Supreme Court · 1981
- Schaller v. Marine National Bank of NeenahCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1986
- State Ex Rel. Cannon v. MoranWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
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