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RENT-A-CENTER, INC. v. HALL

No. 92-2650.

181 Wis.2d 243 (1993)

510 N.W.2d 789

RENT-A-CENTER, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Flora HALL, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., and James M. Caragher of Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Thomas L. Shriner, Jr.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patricia M. Cavey, James A. Walrath, and James M. Brennan of Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Inc., of Milwaukee; and Stephen E. Meili of Center for Public Representation, Inc., of Madison. There was oral argument by Jeffery R. Myer of Legal Action of Wisconsin of Milwaukee.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by James E. Doyle, attorney general, and David J. Gilles, assistant attorney general, for the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Commissioner of Banking of the State of Wisconsin.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by Jeffery R. Myer of Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., of Milwaukee, and Robert Hobbs of National Consumer Law Center, Inc., of Boston, Massachusetts, for Carolyn L. Boyd.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Fine and Schudson, JJ.

FINE, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a small-claims replevin action brought against Flora Hall by Rent-A-Center, Inc. After a bench trial, the trial court held that the transaction underlying the replevin action violated the Wisconsin Consumer Act, chapters 421 to 427 of the Wisconsin Statutes, see sec. 421.101, Stats. We affirm.1

I.

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