Legal Opinion

State v. Stehlek

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 6, 1953PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Fritz,. C. J.

An examination of the statutes of the forty-eight states in the United States discloses that all have some type of safety-financial responsibility law regarding the operation of motor vehicles, and that forty-one states have substantially the same provisions as are in the “safety responsibility law” of the Wisconsin statutes, sec. 85.09 (5) (a) to (16) (c) ; and one state, Massachusetts, has a wholly compulsory automobile insurance law for accidents involving bodily injury or death.

The trial court assigned three additional grounds of invalidity, but respondent’s sole challenge to…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Phillips v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. Hendrick v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Anderson National Bank v. LuckettSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Reitz v. MealeySupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Just v. Marinette CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Schecter v. KillingsworthArizona Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Gillaspie v. Department of Public SafetyTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Lessard v. SchmidtDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1976
  5. Associated Hospital Service, Inc. v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1961

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