STATE EX REL. MORKE v. DONNELLY

No. 88-1061.

151 Wis.2d 219 (1989)

444 N.W.2d 730

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL. Thomas R. MORKE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jennifer DONNELLY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Thomas R. Morke, pro se, of Fox Lake.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and Frank D. Remington, assistant attorney general.

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


GARTZKE, P.J.

Thomas Morke appeals from an order quashing his petition for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel disclosure of public records by Jennifer Donnelly, records custodian of the department of health and social services, under sec. 19.37(1)(a), Stats. Under that statute, if the custodian of a public record rejects a request for access to the record, the requester may bring an action for mandamus asking a court to

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