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STATE EX REL. DEMOCRAT PRINTING CO. v. SCHMIEGE

18 Wis.2d 325 (1963)

STATE EX REL. DEMOCRAT PRINTING COMPANY, Appellant, v. SCHMIEGE, Director, Bureau of Purchases and Services, Department of Administration, State of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 8, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Murphy, Stolper & Desmond and E. L. Wingert, attorneys, and George W. Crownhart of counsel, all of Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Wingert and Mr. Robert B. L. Murphy.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Robert J. Vergeront, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was John W. Reynolds, attorney general.

HALLOWS, J.

The underlying issues on this appeal are whether the Director has the authority to reject the lowest bid in its class for state printing as being excessively high and, if so, how the Director's authority is to be exercised. Democrat contends the Director has no such authority because the constitution and the statutes of the state mandatorily require the acceptance of the lowest bid for state printing and if the Director has the power to reject the lowest...

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