State Supreme Court / Wis.

Karow v. Milwaukee County Civil Service Commission

Decided March 7, 1978. Shirley S. Abrahamson wrote the opinion for the court.

263 N.W.2d 214 · Cited 114 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Scanlon v. City of Menasha · 16 Wis. 2d 437
State v. Industrial Commission · 289 N.W. 769
Milwaukee County v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations · 259 N.W.2d 118
City of Wauwatosa v. Milwaukee County · 22 Wis. 2d 184
Worachek v. Stephenson Town School District · 270 Wis. 116
Cook v. Industrial Commission · 31 Wis. 2d 232
Galewski v. Noe · 266 Wis. 7
City of Appleton v. Outagamie County · 197 Wis. 4
Kamuchey v. Trzesniewski · 8 Wis. 2d 94
Armes v. Kenosha County · 260 N.W.2d 515
State Ex Rel. Werlein v. Elamore · 33 Wis. 2d 288
State Ex Rel. Racine County v. Schmidt · 7 Wis. 2d 528
State Ex Rel. Irany v. Milwaukee County Civil Service Commission · 18 Wis. 2d 132
Eisenberg v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations · 207 N.W.2d 874
State Ex Rel. Dela Hunt v. Ward · 26 Wis. 2d 345
Muskego-Norway Consolidated Schools Joint School District No. 9 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 32 Wis. 2d 478
State Ex Rel. Baranowski v. Koszewski · 29 N.W.2d 764
Homeland Insurance Co. of America v. Carolina Insurance · 261 Wis. 378

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T.H. v. La Crosse County · 147 Wis. 2d 22
State Ex Rel. St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Department of Administration · 404 N.W.2d 114
Village of Elm Grove v. Richard K. Brefka · 348 Wis. 2d 282
Matlin v. City of Sheboygan · 2001 WI App 179
Bank of America, N.A. v. Prissel · 359 Wis. 2d 561
CH2M Hill, Inc. v. Black & Veatch · 557 N.W.2d 829
GMAC Mortgage Corp. v. Gisvold · 572 N.W.2d 466
Eby v. Kozarek · 432 N.W.2d 678
Gauger v. Mueller · 439 N.W.2d 637
Heritage Farms, Inc. v. Markel Insurance · 339 Wis. 2d 125
State Ex Rel. Lockman v. Gerhardstein · 320 N.W.2d 27
Kruczek v. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development · 2005 WI App 12
Rotfeld v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources · 434 N.W.2d 617
Warnecke v. Estate of Warnecke · 292 Wis. 2d 438
GMAC Mortgage Corp. v. Gisvold · 557 N.W.2d 826
State v. R.R.E. · 162 Wis. 2d 698
State v. Sprosty · 595 N.W.2d 692
State Ex Rel. Marberry v. MacHt · 2002 WI App 133
Sommer v. Carr · 291 N.W.2d 301
Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority v. Bay Shore Apartments · 546 N.W.2d 480
N.N. v. County of Dane · 140 Wis. 2d 64
State v. RRE · 470 N.W.2d 283
State ex rel. Miller v. Milwaukee County Personnel Review Board · 372 Wis. 2d 440

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