State Supreme Court / Wis.

State Ex Rel. Lynch v. Conta

Decided March 2, 1976. Leo B. Hanley wrote the opinion for the court.

239 N.W.2d 318 · Cited 86 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.

Laman v. McCord · 432 S.W.2d 753
Outagamie County v. Smith · 38 Wis. 2d 24
Ex Parte McCarthy · 29 Cal. 395
Loof v. Rural Mutual Casualty Insurance · 14 Wis. 2d 512
Frank v. Kluchesky · 297 N.W. 399
Jones v. State · 200 N.W.2d 587
State v. WERC · 223 N.W.2d 543
Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246
Caminetti v. United States · 242 U.S. 470
Board of Public Instruction of Broward Cty. v. Doran · 224 So. 2d 693
State Ex Rel. Harvey v. Morgan · 30 Wis. 2d 1
Associated Hospital Service, Inc. v. City of Milwaukee · 13 Wis. 2d 447
State Ex Rel. Gaynon v. Krueger · 31 Wis. 2d 609
Borden Co. v. McDowell · 8 Wis. 2d 246
In re State ex rel. Attorney General · 220 Wis. 25
Wisconsin Fertilizer Asso. v. Karns · 158 N.W.2d 294
State v. I, a WOMAN-PART II · 191 N.W.2d 897
Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Baird · 173 N.W.2d 700
Bigelow v. Howze · 291 So. 2d 645
State v. Mahaney · 198 N.W.2d 373
City of Nevada v. Welty · 203 S.W.2d 459
State Ex Rel. Reuss v. Giessel · 260 Wis. 524
State v. Vlahos · 184 N.W.2d 817
Safe Way Motor Coach Co. v. City of Two Rivers · 39 N.W.2d 847
Heidersdorf v. State · 5 Wis. 2d 120

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Miller Brands-Milwaukee, Inc. v. Case · 470 N.W.2d 290
Olson v. Town of Cottage Grove · 2008 WI 51
Evansville Courier v. Willner · 553 N.E.2d 1386
Putnam v. Time Warner Cable of Southeastern Wisconsin, Ltd. Partnership · 2002 WI 108
Milwaukee Board of School Directors v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission · 472 N.W.2d 553
St. Cloud Newspapers, Inc. v. District 742 Community Schools · 332 N.W.2d 1
State Ex Rel. Badke v. Village Board of the Village of Greendale · 494 N.W.2d 408
Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. v. Dwyer · 542 N.W.2d 491
State v. Migliorino · 442 N.W.2d 36
State ex rel. Ozanne v. Fitzgerald · 334 Wis. 2d 70
Brookwood Area Homeowners Ass'n v. Municipality of Anchorage · 702 P.2d 1317
State Ex Rel. Krueger v. Appleton Area School District Board of Education · 376 Wis. 2d 239
State Ex Rel. Chiarkas v. Skow · 465 N.W.2d 625
Putnam v. Time Warner Cable of Southeastern Wisconsin, Ltd. Partnership · 2001 WI App 196
State Ex Rel. Siu Wing Leung v. City of Lake Geneva · 2003 WI App 129
Kania v. Airborne Freight Corp. · 300 N.W.2d 63
Bachowski v. Salamone · 407 N.W.2d 533
State Ex Rel. Fiedler v. Wisconsin Senate · 454 N.W.2d 770
Milwaukee District Council 48 v. Milwaukee County · 2001 WI 65
McComas v. Bd. of Educ. of Fayette County · 475 S.E.2d 280
Matter of Parental Rights to Sueann Am · 500 N.W.2d 649
Reserve Life Insurance v. La Follette · 323 N.W.2d 173

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