133 Wis. 2d 320 - State v. Larson’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 104 Wis. 2d 552 - Kollasch v. Adamany · 80 Wis. 2d 445 - Milwaukee County v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations · 72 Wis. 2d 26 - Green Bay Packaging, Inc. v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations · 109 Wis. 2d 407 - In Interest of IV · 126 Wis. 2d 63 - Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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“Any statutory analysis must begin with the language of the statute itself. State ex rel. Melentowich v. Klink , 108 Wis.2d 374 , 379 , 321 N.W.2d 272 , 274 (1982). The initial inquiry of the court in construing a statute is whether the statutory language is clear or ambiguous. In re I. V. , 109 Wis.2d at 409 , 326 N.W.2d at 128-29 . A statute is ambiguous if reasonably well-informed persons could differ as to its meaning. Kollasch v. Adamany , 104 Wis.2d 552 , 561 , 313 N.W.2d 47 , 51-52 (1981). Once the statute is determined to be ambiguous, it is the court's task to "achieve a reasonable construction which will effectuate the statute's purpose." Melentowich , 108 Wis.2d at 380 , 321 N.W.2d at 275 . In this regard, extrinsic materials, particularly the statute's legislative intent, can be valuable interpretive aids. *Page 111 Milwaukee County v. DILHR , 80 Wis.2d at 452 , 259 N.W.2d at 121 .”
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