VILLAGE FOOD & LIQ. v. H & S PETR.

No. 00-2493.

254 Wis.2d 478 (2002)

2002 WI 92

647 N.W.2d 177

VILLAGE FOOD & LIQUOR MART, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. H & S PETROLEUM, INC., a Wisconsin Corporation, d/b/a Horizon Marathon and Shell, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by John M. Bjelajac and Hartig, Bjelajac, Cabranes & Koenen, S.C., Racine, and Robert E. Hankel and Knuteson, Powers & Wheeler, S.C., Racine, and oral argument by Robert E. Hankel.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Catherine M. Rottier, Sarah A. Zylstra and Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field, LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Catherine M. Rottier.


¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

In this case, we are asked to decide whether the Wisconsin Constitution protects a litigant's right to a jury trial in a civil suit for damages under the Unfair Sales Act, Wis. Stat. § 100.30 (1999-2000).1 In a civil case that involved allegations of unfair sales practices, the defendant, H & S Petroleum (H & S), made a demand to the circuit court for a jury trial, which the plaintiff, Village...

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