STATE v. AMERICAN TV

No. 85-2066.

146 Wis.2d 292 (1988)

430 N.W.2d 709

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN TV & APPLIANCE OF MADISON, INC., Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Wayne E. Babler Jr., Nancy K. Peterson and Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, and C. Vernon Howard and Stroud, Stroud, Willink, Thompson & Howard, Madison, and oral argument by Mr. Babler.

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was argued by Barbara W. Tuerkheimer, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James D. Jeffries, assistant attorney general, and Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.


WILLIAM G. CALLOW, J.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, State v. American TV, 140 Wis.2d 353, 410 N.W.2d 596 (Ct. App. 1987). That decision reversed an order of the circuit court for Dane county, Judge P. Charles Jones, granting a motion to dismiss the state's complaint for failure to state a claim in this forfeiture action. We reverse the decision of the...

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