Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. Public Service Commission

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals published at 106 Wis. 2d 142, 316 N.W.2d 120 (Ct. App. 1981), which affirmed a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county, William D. Byrne, Judge, in a ch. 227 proceeding.

The sole issue 1 considered on review is: Does the term “business information” as utilized in the definition of trade secret contained in sec. 943.205(2) (a), Stats. 1979-80, 2 encompass the contracts and pricing and cost information submitted by the petitioners 3 to the Public Service Commission (PSC) ?

We conclude it does not. We therefore affirm the decision of the…