210 Housing discrimination (Secs. 106.50 and 106.52, Wis Stats.)

[Ed. Note: The Wisconsin Open Housing and Public Accommodations and Amusements Act, sec. 101.22, Stats., was significantly changed by 1991 Wisconsin Act 295, essentially creating two separate laws but keeping the two laws together in one statutory section. This change in the Wisconsin Open Housing Law provided for elections to go to circuit court, enhanced remedies and appeals directly to the court, not to the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC). The Public Accommodation Law remained essentially the same after 1991 Wis Act 295 became effective. By 1999 Wis. Act 82, the Open Housing provisions and the Public Accommodations provisions were separated and renumbered again, Open Housing to sec. 106.50, and Public Accommodations to sec. 106.52. Many of the cases that follow were decided based on the statutory language found in the combined housing and public accommodations law when both laws had the same remedies and appeal process before the passage of 1991 Wis Act 295. While these older cases may still be beneficial to interpreting the public accommodation law, the older cases (on or after September 1, 1992 ) have limited value in interpreting housing law in Wisconsin.]