Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 133.17 (2026)
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133.17(1)(1) The department of justice or the district attorney shall institute, manage, control and direct, in the proper county, all prosecutions for violations of this chapter. When prosecuting violations of this chapter, the department of justice shall have and exercise all powers conferred upon district attorneys.
133.17(2)(2) Any district attorney bringing any action under this chapter shall serve copies of all pleadings on the department of justice within 3 days from the time of filing. If the department of justice brings any action under this chapter, it shall serve copies of all pleadings on the district attorney of the county where the action is brought within 3 days from the time of filing.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1961–1968 · leading case: Chapiewsky v. G. Heileman Brewing Co., 297 F. Supp. 33 (W.D. Wis. 1968).
Chapiewsky v. G. Heileman Brewing Co., 297 F. Supp. 33 (W.D. Wis. 1968). “Under the second claim for relief it is alleged that Heileman has charged plaintiffs unreasonably and discriminatorily higher prices for Heileman beer and malt products then it has charged its wholesale distributors in parts of the State of Wisconsin outside of the GLAM in…”
State v. Texaco, Inc., 111 N.W.2d 918 (Wis. 1961). “It states that sellers prosecuted under sec. 133.17, Stats., are accorded such defense and that there are no conceivable facts “which justify singling out the petroleum industry for this special treatment in Wisconsin.”
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