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BURNEY v. THORN AMERICAS, INC.

Civil Action No. 95-C-1162.

944 F.Supp. 762 (1996)

Cassandra BURNEY, Dorothy J. Kelsey, and Gregory A. Stevenson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. THORN AMERICAS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Thorn Emi North America Holdings, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

October 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Dixon, Sarah E. Siskind, Davis, Miner, Branhill & Galland, Madison, WI, Seymour J. Mansfield, Mansfield & Tanick, Minneapolis, MN, Stephen E. Meili, Center for Public Representation, Madison, WI, David Ramp, Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Stephen L. Morgan, Catherine Furay, Murphy & Desmond, Madison, WI, John C. Dods, Dennis Dow, Shannon Spangler, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Matthew J. Flynn, Katherine H. Grebe, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants.

DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

REYNOLDS, District Judge.

This is not a case about the defendants' morality, nor is this a case about the plaintiffs' sophistication, nor is it a case about common-law notions of obligation. This is a case about whether federal or Wisconsin law governs the rent-to-own contracts used by Thorn America, Inc. ("Rent-a-Center") and, if the Wisconsin Consumer Act ("WCA"), Wis. Chs. 421-427, covers them, whether Rent...

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