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Wisconsin Supreme Court Cases

By kflater
  • In Re: Booth

    Wisconsin said no to returning the slaves back to where they came from.
  • Gillespie v. Palmer and others

    Wisconsin allows blacks to vote.
  • Attorney General v. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company

    Wisconsin expects honesty in politics and the government.
  • Motion to admit Miss Lavinia Goodell to the Bar of this Court and Application of Miss Goodell

    Lavinis Goodwell changed the law to allow women to take the bar exam.
  • Brown v. Phillips and others

    Women were only allowed to vote on school-related matters.
  • The State ex rel. Attorney General v. Cunningham and The State ex rel. Lamb v. Cunningham

    Not allowed to use a bible as a textbook or teach about it.
  • Wait v. Pierce

    Women granted the right to sue their husbans.
  • John F. Jelke Company v. Emery

    Allowed to sell margrine.
  • State ex rel. Drankovich v. Murphy

    The state has to provide a lawyer for you if you can't provide one for yourself.
  • State v. Yoder

    Amish children weren't required to go to school full time because they needed to practice their religion.
  • State v. Mitchell

    If you comitt a crime based on bigotry then your punishment will be worse. Wisconsin tried to get rid of this.
  • Libertarian Party of Wisconsin v. Thompson

    Wisonsin agreed to create a specific tax to fund a new brewers stadium.