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STATE EX REL. LA CROSSE TRIBUNE v. CIRCUIT CT

No. 82-1614-W.

115 Wis.2d 220 (1983)

340 N.W.2d 460

STATE EX REL. LA CROSSE TRIBUNE, David B. Offer, Managing Editor of La Crosse Tribune, and Terry Rindfleisch, Petitioners, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR LA CROSSE COUNTY, the Honorable James P. Fiedler, presiding, State of Wisconsin, and Peter E. Berg, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners there were briefs by Daniel T. Flaherty, Ellen M. Frantz, and Johns, Flaherty & Gillette, S.C., La Crosse, and oral argument by Daniel L. Flaherty.

For the respondents the cause was argued by James H. McDermott, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by James P. Brody, Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, for Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by Russell D. Feingold, Brady C. Williamson, and La Follette, Sinykin, Anderson & Munson, Madison, for the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

HEFFERNAN, C. J.

This is a review of an order of the court of appeals denying the petition of David B. Offer, managing editor of the La Crosse Tribune, and Terry Rindfleisch, reporter, for a writ of mandamus directing the La Crosse County Circuit Court to produce a transcript of voir dire proceedings held in camera. The petitioners also asked for an order prohibiting the La Crosse County Circuit Court from conducting in camera voir dire proceedings...

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