State v. Quality Egg Farm, Inc.

The issues in this case are the definition in the state of Wisconsin of a public nuisance and whether the evidence in this case sustained the trial court’s conclusion of a public nuisance which allowed the state of Wisconsin as a proper party to bring the complaint.

The court of appeals reversed and found as a matter of law that there was no public nuisance established and, therefore, the attorney general’s office was not empowered to seek the abatement of defendant’s (Quality Egg Farm, Inc.) operation. We reverse the court of appeals and remand to the trial court for findings consistent with…