WILLIAM WRIGLEY, JR. CO. v. DOR

No. 88-2265.

160 Wis.2d 53 (1991)

465 N.W.2d 800

WILLIAM WRIGLEY, JR. CO., Petitioner-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Wisconsin DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Appellant. Wisconsin DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WILLIAM WRIGLEY, JR. CO., Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-respondent-petitioner, William Wrigley, there were briefs by Barbara J. Janaszek, Richard J. Sankovitz and Whyte & Hirschboeck, S.C., Milwaukee and H. Randolph Williams and Baker & McKenzie, of counsel, Chicago, Illinois and oral argument by Ms. Janaszek.

For the appellant, Wisconsin Department of Revenue, the cause was argued by F. Thomas Creeron, III, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general.


DAY, J.

This is a review of a court of appeals decision which reversed an order of the circuit court for Dane county, the Honorable Martha J. Bablitch, Reserve Judge, presiding. The circuit court, reversing an order of the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission, held that under 15 U.S.C. sec. 381, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) does not have the power to tax the net income of the William Wrigley, Jr. Company (Wrigley) for the years 1973 to 1978. The circuit court...

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