STATE of Wisconsin, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner,
v.
T.J. INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant-Appellant,
NORCO WINDOWS, INC., Defendant,
JELD-WEN, INC., Defendant-Co-Appellant.
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Oral argument February 27, 2001.
Decided June 28, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Jerry L. Hancock, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was James E. Doyle, attorney general.
For defendant-appellant, T.J. International, Inc., there was a brief by Robert H. Duffy, Amy Pope Brock, and Quarles & Brady, LLP, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert H. Duffy.
For defendant-co-appellant, Jeld-Wen, Inc., there was a brief by Lawrence T. Lynch, Anne Berleman Kearney, and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Lawrence T. Lynch.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Sandra Graf Radtke and Murphy, Gillick, Wicht & Prachthauser, Brookfield, on behalf of the Midwestern Industrial Council, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
¶ 1. DIANE S. SYKES, J.
This case arises under Wisconsin's Business Closing and Mass Layoff Law, Wis. Stat. § 109.07 (1995-96),1 and presents the question of whether a "business closing" under the statute includes the sale of business assets where there is no interruption in business operations and the "business" is therefore not actually "closed." The statute requires employers to give 60-days' notice—to their employees...
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