State Supreme Court / Wis.

Schmidt v. Department of Local Affairs & Development

Decided May 7, 1968. Bruce F. Beilfuss wrote the opinion for the court.

158 N.W.2d 806 · Cited 69 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.

State ex rel. Wisconsin Inspection Bureau v. Whitman · 196 Wis. 472
City of Beloit v. Town of Beloit · 37 Wis. 2d 637
Scharping v. Johnson · 32 Wis. 2d 383
John F. Jelke Co. v. Beck · 208 Wis. 650
City of Wauwatosa v. Milwaukee County · 22 Wis. 2d 184
Outagamie County v. Smith · 38 Wis. 2d 24
Clintonville Transfer Line, Inc. v. Public Service Commission · 21 N.W.2d 5
Family Finance Corp. v. Sniadach · 37 Wis. 2d 163
Pedrick v. First National Bank of Ripon · 267 Wis. 436
Joint School District No. 1 v. Boyd · 270 Wis. 222
Clam River Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission · 225 Wis. 198
City of Milwaukee v. Milwaukee Amusement, Inc. · 22 Wis. 2d 240
Milwaukee Boston Store Co. v. American Federation of Hosiery Workers, Branch 16 · 269 Wis. 338

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State (Dept. of Admin.) v. ILHR Dept. · 252 N.W.2d 353
In Re Petition for Fond Du Lac Metropolitan Sewerage Dist. · 166 N.W.2d 225
Liberty Homes, Inc. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations · 401 N.W.2d 805
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Kubart v. State · 233 N.W.2d 404
McGuire v. McGuire · 2003 WI App 44
State (Department of Administration) v. Department of Industry · 77 Wis. 2d 126
Hitchcock v. Hitchcock · 254 N.W.2d 230
Village of Sussex v. Department of Natural Resources · 228 N.W.2d 173

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