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COLUMBIA PROPANE, L.P. v. WISCONSIN GAS CO.

No. 01-0090.

261 Wis.2d 70 (2003)

2003 WI 38

661 N.W.2d 776

COLUMBIA PROPANE, L.P., a Limited Partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN GAS COMPANY, a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner, ABC INSURANCE Co., a corporation or other entity, and DEF Insurance Co., a corporation or other entity, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by O. Thomas Armstrong, John A. Caseyand Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, and oral argument by O. Thomas Armstrong and John A. Casey.

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief by Michael Ash, Michael B. Apfeld, John L. Clancy and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee, and Gerald M. O'Brien and Anderson, Shannon, O'Brien, Rice & Bertz, Stevens Point, and oral argument by Michael B. Apfeld.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Charles P. Graupner, Pamela L. Gergens and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.

¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

At issue in this case is whether a company that acquires the assets of another company via an asset purchase agreement is liable for the liabilities of the selling company which are unknown to either party at the time they enter into the agreement.

¶ 2. The petitioner, Wisconsin Gas Company (Wisconsin Gas) purchased the assets of the now defunct People's Gas Company (People...

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