Thomas KROEPLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Defendant-Respondent,
Gregg Walker and The Lakeland Times, Intervenors-Respondents.
The Lakeland Times and Gregg Walker, Plaintiffs-Respondents,
v.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Randy Stark, Defendants-Appellants,
Thomas Kroeplin, Intervenor.
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Oral Argument April 19, 2006.
Opinion Filed October 12, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant Thomas Kroeplin, the cause was submitted on the briefs of and oral argument by Kurt C. Kobelt of Lawton & Cates of Madison.
On behalf of the defendants-appellants Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Randy Stark, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Maureen M. Flanagan, assistant attorney general, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general. There was oral argument by Maureen M. Flanagan.
On behalf of the defendant-respondent Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the cause was submitted on the brief of Maureen M. Flanagan, assistant attorney general, and Peggy A. Lautenschlager, attorney general. There was oral argument by Maureen M. Flanagan.
On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents and intervenors-respondents The Lakeland Times and Gregg Walker, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert J. Dreps and Jennifer L. Peterson of LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn of Madison. There was oral argument by Robert J. Dreps.
An amicus brief was filed by Kurt C. Kobelt of Lawton & Cates, Madison, for Thomas Kroeplin.
Before VERGERONT, DEININGER and HIGGINBOTHAM, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.
¶ 1 HIGGINBOTHAM, J.
This is a consolidation of two appeals arising from the same request by a newspaper, pursuant to Wisconsin's open records law, WIS. STAT. §§ 19.31-19.39 (2003-04),1 for documents related to the misconduct investigation and subsequent disciplinary actions taken against a law enforcement officer. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Conservation Warden Thomas Kroeplin is the subject of the requested documents...
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