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Legal Memorandum: Determination of Substantive Due Process Violation

Issue: What is required for a Wisconsin court to determine that a statute violates substantive due process?

Area of Law: Constitutional Law, Litigation & Procedure
Keywords: Substantive due process; Violation
Jurisdiction: Federal, Wisconsin
Cited Cases: 782 N.W.2d 106; 324 Wis. 2d 567; 293 Wis. 2d 530; 780 N.W.2d 63; 716 N.W.2d 845; 323 Wis. 2d 321; 254 Wis. 2d 185; 647 N.W.2d 784; 279 Wis. 2d 169
Cited Statutes: Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; Article I, § 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution
Date: 07/01/2015

Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, § 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution provide for substantive and procedural due process.  State v. Wood, 2010 WI 17, ¶17, 323 Wis. 2d 321, 339, 780 N.W.2d 63, 71-72 (Wis. 2010) TA s "State v. Wood, 2010 WI 17,  17, 323 Wis. 2d 321, 338, 780 N.W.2d 63, 71 (2010)"  (citing Kenosha County Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Jodie W., 2006 WI 93, ¶ 39 n.17, 2006 WI 93, 293 Wis. 2d 530, 716 N.W.2d 845 (2006) TA l "Kenosha County Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Jodie W., 2006 WI 93 2006 WI 93, 293 Wis. 2d 530, 716 N.W.2d 845 (2006)" s "Kenosha County Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Jodie W., 2006 WI 93,  39 fn. 17, 2006 WI 93, 293 Wis. 2d 530, 716 N.W.2d 845 (2006)" c 1 ). 

“The right to substantive due process addresses the content of what government may do to people under the guise of the law.”  Id. at ¶ 17, 323 Wis. 2d  at 339, 780 N.W.2d at 72 TA s "Kenosha County Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Jodie W., 2006 WI 93,  39 fn. 17, 2006 WI 93, 293 Wis. 2d 530, 716 N.W.2d 845 (2006)"  (quoting Dane County Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Ponn P., 2005 WI 32, ¶ […]

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