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Jeff Mandell: “We're also using an old common law idea and I apologize for…”

Featuring: Jeff Mandell, Leader Counsel and Board President, Law Forward | Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 07:48

But we found some good language and some old Wisconsin public nuisance cases that we think bring this within the boundaries of public nuisance. We're also using an old common law idea and I apologize for the Latin, but it's called quo warranto. This is an order that you used to go and get from a court if you had title to a public office, but someone else was refusing to vacate the office and was trying to usurp that office. (07:48–07:55)

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