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Service by Mail: Generally; Deadline, Administrative Proceeding: Computation

Karen Baker v. Department of Health Services, 2012 WI App 72 (recommended for publication); case activity

Service, by Mail – Generally 

¶3 n. 2:

… In the absence of a statutory provision, the rule in Wisconsin is that service of notice by mail is not effective until the party receives it.  Hotel Hay Corp. v. Milner Hotels, 255 Wis.

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Standards of Review: Administrative Body – Construction of Constitutional Provision

Racine Harley-Davidson, Inc. v. State of Wisconsin Division of Hearings and Appeals, 2006 WI 86

Issue/Holding:

¶14      By granting deference to agency interpretations, the court has not abdicated, and should not abdicate, its authority and responsibility to interpret statutes and decide questions of law. Some cases, however, mistakenly fail to state, before launching into a discussion of the levels of deference, that the interpretation and application of a statute is a question of law to be determined by a court. 

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