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IN MATTER OF ESTATES OF ZIMMER

No. 88-0390.

151 Wis.2d 122 (1989)

442 N.W.2d 578

IN the MATTER OF the ESTATES OF Sally Jo ZIMMER and Hans P. Zimmer, Deceased: WISC-TV— CHANNEL 3/MADISON, The Capital Times Company, and The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, Appellants, v. Michael MEWIS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Sally Jo Zimmer and Hans P. Zimmer and Peter Zimmer, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Jonathan C. Aked and Linda M. Clifford, and LaFollette & Sinykin, of Madison.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of James W. Harris and Paula K. Doyle, and Larkin, Jackson, Harris & Glass, S.C., of Dodgeville.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.

EICH, J.

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, the Capital Times Company and WISC-TV (collectively, the "news media") appeal from an order approving a settlement in a probate proceeding and directing that the terms and conditions of the settlement remain confidential. The issue is whether sec. 59.14, Stats., which requires clerks of circuit court and registers in probate to make all records in their custody open and available to the public, and the Wisconsin...

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