Hatheway v. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.

The plaintiffs, Jay Hatheway and Peggy and Tracey Vandeveer, appeal an order granting the defendant, Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.'s, motion for summary judgment. Gannett is the publisher of the Green Bay Press Gazette, which refused to print the plaintiffs' advertisements in the newspaper's classified advertising section. The plaintiffs contend that the classified advertising section of a newspaper is a place of business where goods or services are available as defined by Wisconsin's public accommodation law, sec. 942.04(2), Stats. (1987-88). The plaintiffs further contend that…