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· 10/30/1973

State v. Werstein

Citations

  • 211 N.W.2d 437
  • 60 Wis. 2d 668
  • 1973 Wisc. LEXIS 1375

How courts have described this case

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

  • mere presence in military recruitment office and mere refusal to obey a police command was not disorderly conduct
  • mere presence in military recruitment office and mere refusal to obey a police command was not disorderly conduct
  • “[T]o hold without limitation that any violation of a police command, whether or not lawful, constitutes disorderly conduct would be patently violative of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
  • any police order in contravention of the legal exercise 'of a right is an “unlawful order” of a police officer; courts of that state had never held that “the mere refusal to obey a police command constituted disorderly conduct.”

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Judges: Hanley

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