CUDAHY JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. QUIRK

No. 172.

41 Wis.2d 698 (1969)

165 N.W.2d 116

CUDAHY JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Respondent, v. QUIRK, a/k/a THE GREATER MILWAUKEE COMMITTEE AGAINST FLUORIDATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by James Quirk of Cudahy, pro se.

For the respondent there was a brief by Boren & Schmidt and Morton J. Schmidt, all of Cudahy, and oral argument by Morton J. Schmidt.


ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

This case revolves around a question and answer that headed up a two-page brochure that James Quirk distributed in Cudahy, urging a "No" vote in the April, 1966, election on the question of whether the public water supply should be fluoridated. Here's the question and here's the answer:

"(Q) Is it true, as Dr. Chelius has once again told the people of Cudahy that `A person would have to...

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