STATE v. BETTER BRITE PLATING

No. 90-0280.

168 Wis.2d 363 (1992)

483 N.W.2d 574

STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. BETTER BRITE PLATING INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant, The ZINC SHOP, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant-Co-Appellant, David J. MATYAS, Trustee, Defendant-Appellant, John E. ZENNER, Defendant-Co-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Robert M. Hunter, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief and oral argument by David J. Matyas, DePere.

For the defendant-co-appellant, John E. Zenner, there was a brief by Joseph C. Niebler and Niebler & Muren, S.C., Brookfield and oral argument by Joseph C. Niebler.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Roy L. Prange, Jr. and Quarles & Brady, John M. Van Lieshout and Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Norris & Rieselbach, S.C. and Susan Van Lieshout Kelley and Murphy & Desmond, S.C., all of Madison, for Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.


DAY, J.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals,1 which affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded a judgment of the Circuit Court for Brown County, N. Patrick Crooks, Judge, granting partial summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, the State of Wisconsin, against defendants Better Brite, The Zinc Shop, Inc., and John E. Zenner and David J. Matyas personally.

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