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· 2/28/1984

Labor & Farm Party v. Elections Board

Citations

  • 344 N.W.2d 177
  • 117 Wis. 2d 351
  • 1984 Wisc. LEXIS 2295

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • declining to reach constitutional issues when “case can be resolved on statutory construction grounds alone”
  • \This court does not normally decide constitutional questions if the case can be resolved on other grounds.\
  • \This court does not normally decide constitutional questions if the case can be resolved on other grounds.\
  • \We need not reach these various constitutional issues because we conclude the case can be resolved on statutory construction grounds alone.\
  • appellate courts may look to legislative history of a statute where scope of statute's application is unclear
  • “This court does not normally decide constitutional questions if the case can be resolved on other grounds.”

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Judges: Heffernan, Per Curiam

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