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NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. BREIER

No. 76-724.

89 Wis.2d 417 (1979)

279 N.W.2d 179

NEWSPAPERS, INC., and another, Petitioners-Appellants, v. BREIER, Chief of Police, City of Milwaukee, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Robert A. Christensen and Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Christensen.

For the respondent the cause was argued by Thomas E. Hayes, assistant city attorney, with whom on the brief was James B. Brennan, city attorney.

HEFFERNAN, J.

This action arose out of a request by Joseph W. Shoquist, managing editor of The Milwaukee Journal, for regular access to a number of police records. Harold A. Breier, Chief of Police of the City of Milwaukee, responded to Shoquist's request by granting access to some records and refusing access to others. In the Chief's letter dated July 3, 1974, he stated that the press would be provided, upon...

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