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STATE EX REL. JOURNAL CO. v. COUNTY COURT

No. 291.

43 Wis.2d 297 (1969)

168 N.W.2d 836

STATE EX REL. JOURNAL COMPANY, Respondent, v. COUNTY COURT OF RACINE COUNTY, the Honorable Leander J. Foley, Jr., presiding, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 27, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Foley, Capwell, Foley & Seehawer, and oral argument by Rex Capwell and Robert Anker Christensen, all of Racine.

For the respondent there was a brief by Foley, Sammond & Lardner and James P. Brody, John R. Collins, and Robert A. Christensen, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Collins and Mr. Christensen.

HEFFERNAN, J.

Recent Wisconsin cases have discussed and clarified the right of a member of the public to inspect the records or papers filed with, or kept by, a governmental agency or officer.

State ex rel. Youmans v. Owens (1965), 28 Wis.2d 672, 137 N.W.2d 470, 139 N.W.2d 241, considered the demand of Henry A. Youmans, publisher of the Waukesha Freeman, to inspect the report of the city attorney's investigation...

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