State courts are courts of general (subject matter) jurisdiction; they're no less proper per se than federal courts to hear this sort of action. They can enforce federal as well as state laws. In fact, they must do so. There is settled case law to that effect. The problem will be to show that the Wisconsin court has personal jurisdiction over the defendants, that the defendants have had the sort of contacts with Wisconsin that would make it fair to hale them before a Wisconsin court, e.g., that they have committed the sort of acts complained of in Wisconsin. AS for wasting money and judicial resources, if there aren't plausible allegations of the appropriate sort of contacts in Wisconsin, the court will dismiss the lawsuit pretty quick, I imagine. jks
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