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Bars win price-fixing round

Madison taverns may have taken the happy out of happy hour, but they can’t be sued for it, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in a decision released Tuesday.
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Two dozen bars near the University of Wisconsin campus bowed to political pressure and agreed in 2002 to limit drink specials offered on Friday and Saturday nights. The political pressure rendered the bar owners immune from state anti-trust laws, the high court found.