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HANSEN v. STATE

26 Wis.2d 238 (1965)

HANSEN, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 5, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error there was a brief and oral argument by Jack L. Goodsitt of Milwaukee.

For the defendant in error the cause was argued by Betty R. Brown and William A. Platz, assistant attorneys general, with whom on the brief were George Thompson, attorney general, and William J. McCauley, district attorney of Milwaukee county.

GORDON, J.

"But a State cannot be expected to move with the celerity of a private business man; it is enough if it proceeds, in the language of the English Chancery, with all deliberate speed."

—HOLMES, J., Virginia v. West Virginia (1911), 222 U. S. 17, 19, 32 Sup. Ct. 4, 56L. Ed. 71.

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