STATE EX REL. NEWSPAPERS v. SHOWERS

No. 85-0471.

128 Wis.2d 152 (1985)

382 N.W.2d 60

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, and Karen S. Rothe, Plaintiffs-Appellants. v. Dean A. SHOWERS, Edwin J. Laszewski, Jr., Mary M. Wilkinson and Theodore J. Fadrow, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Oral argument September 11, 1985.

Decided December 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Meissner, Tierney, Ehlinger & Whipp, S.C. by Dennis L. Fisher and orally argued by Dennis L. Fisher, of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael J. McCabe by Patrick Halligan and orally argued byPatrick Halligan, of Milwaukee.

Before Moser, P.J., Wedemeyer and Sullivan, JJ.


WEDEMEYER, J.

Newspapers, Inc. and Karen S. Rothe (Newspapers) appeal from a judgment denying their motions for summary judgment and granting summary judgment to four members of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission: Dean A. Showers, Edwin J. Laszewski, Jr., Mary M. Wilkinson and Theodore J. Fadrow (commissioners). Newspapers asserts trial court error in interpreting the open meetings law, secs. 19.81-19.98, Stats. Because under the facts of this case we...

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