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STATE EX REL. THOMSON v. ZIMMERMAN

264 Wis. 644 (1953)

STATE EX REL. THOMSON, Attorney General, Petitioner, vs. ZIMMERMAN, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 6, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there were briefs by the Attorney General, and Stewart G. Honeck, deputy attorney general, and Roy G. Tulane, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Tulane.

For the respondent there was a brief by Walter J. Mattison, special counsel, and Harry G. Slater of counsel, both of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Slater.

A brief was filed for the Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council by Max Raskin and William F. Quick, both of Milwaukee, as amicus curiae.

A brief was also filed by the Junior Association of the Milwaukee Bar as amicus curiae.

BROWN, J.

". . . there is a presumption that all acts of the legislature are constitutional until established otherwise, and this presumption applies to apportionment acts as well as other statutes." State ex rel. Broughton v. Zimmerman (1952), 261 Wis. 398, 411, 52 N.W.2d 903.

Our attention, then, must be directed first toward the attack on the Rogan Act, for unless that has merit the presumption

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