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JOURNAL/SENTINEL, INC. v. AAGERUP

No. 88-0095.

145 Wis.2d 818 (1988)

429 N.W.2d 772

JOURNAL/SENTINEL, INC. and Paul Poda, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Barbara J. AAGERUP, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the petitioners-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert A. Christensen of Foley and Lardner, of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the respondent, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James C. Reiher and John H. Lindquist of von Briesen & Purtell, S.C., of Milwaukee.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.

BROWN, P.J.

This case involves the Public Records Law, secs. 19.35 and 19.85, Stats. Specifically, we address whether a custodian may initially withhold an autopsy report from the public in an ongoing criminal case on the stated grounds that the report is implicated in a crime detection effort. We hold that the custodian may do so. We also address whether, in this case, the nature of the particular crime investigated and material withheld in fact requires secrecy...

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