Stanhope v. Brown County

Decided June 29, 1979. Shirley S. Abrahamson wrote the opinion for the court.

280 N.W.2d 711 · Cited 132 times

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• Holytz v. City of Milwaukee · 17 Wis. 2d 26
• Marshall v. City of Green Bay · 18 Wis. 2d 496
• Hunter v. North Mason School Dist. · 539 P.2d 845
• Inter-Insurance Exchange of Chicago Motor Club v. Westchester Fire Insurance · 25 Wis. 2d 100
• Pierringer v. Hoger · 21 Wis. 2d 182
• Kraemer Bros. v. United States Fire Insurance · 278 N.W.2d 857
• Garriguenc v. Love · 226 N.W.2d 414
• Jenkins v. State · 540 P.2d 1363
• Pleasure Time, Inc. v. Kuss · 254 N.W.2d 463
• RTE Corp. v. Maryland Casualty Co. · 247 N.W.2d 171
• State Ex Rel. La Follette v. Reuter · 36 Wis. 2d 96
• State v. Hart · 277 N.W.2d 843
• Schwartz v. City of Milwaukee · 195 N.W.2d 480
• Peeples v. Sargent · 253 N.W.2d 459
• Ehlers v. Colonial Penn Insurance · 259 N.W.2d 718
• Binder v. City of Madison · 241 N.W.2d 613
• Schwartz v. City of Milwaukee · 168 N.W.2d 107
• Armes v. Kenosha County · 260 N.W.2d 515
• Firemen's Insurance v. Washburn County · 2 Wis. 2d 214
• Wipfli v. Martin · 34 Wis. 2d 169
• Lang v. City of Cumberland · 18 Wis. 2d 157
• Papenfus v. Shell Oil Co. · 35 N.W.2d 920
• WKBH Television, Inc. v. Department of Revenue · 250 N.W.2d 290
• DeGroff v. Schmude · 238 N.W.2d 730
• Schwenkhoff v. Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance · 11 Wis. 2d 97

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