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STATE EX REL. THOMSON v. GIESSEL

271 Wis. 15 (1955)

STATE EX REL. THOMSON, Attorney General, Petitioner, vs. GIESSEL, Director of Department of Budget and Accounts, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 11, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there was a brief by the Attorney General and Warren H. Resh, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Resh.

For the respondent there was a brief by Louis Quarles, special counsel, and Charles S. Quarles and Willia M. McKibbage, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Louis Quarles, Mr. Charles S. Quarles, and Mr. McKibbage.

A brief was filed by Fairchild, Foley & Sammond, Leon F. Foley, Lynford Lardner, Jr., Allen M. Taylor, and Harry L. Wallace, all of Milwaukee, as amici curiae.

STEINLE, J.

By the demurrer the respondent challenges the constitutionality of ch. 144, Laws of 1955, and the validity of the action taken or proposed thereunder by the state agencies as asserted in the complaint. The act amended sec. 20.41(5); repealed and re-created secs. 20.07(9m), 20.38 (8) and (12)(a), 36.06(6), and 37.02(3), Stats. It created sec. 14.89. The purpose of the act is to provide means where by the state building commission, University Board of Regents...

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