MILWAUKEE JOURNAL, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Patrick L. CALL, City of Mequon Chief of Police, and Fernando Perez, Ozaukee County Sheriff, Defendants-Respondents.
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Argued September 28, 1989.
Decided November 22, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Eugenia G. Carter and Brady C. Williamson of LaFollette & Sinykin and oral argument by Brady C. Williamson, of Madison.
On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Patrick L. Call, there was a brief and oral argument by John A. Meyer of Prieve, Meyer & Nestigen, of Milwaukee.
On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Fernando Perez, there was a brief and oral argument by John H. Lindquist of vonBriesen & Purtell, of Milwaukee.
On behalf of the State of Wisconsin, there was an amicus brief by Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general and Robert W. Larsen, assistant attorney general and oral argument by Robert W. Larsen, of Madison.
On behalf of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, there was an amicus brief by Jon M. Counsell and Gregory B. Conway of Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, of Green Bay and oral argument by Gregory B. Conway.
Before Brown, P.J., Scott and Nettesheim, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.
BROWN, P. J.
In this public records case, we revisit the question raised in Journal/Sentinel, Inc. v. Aagerup,145 Wis.2d 818, 429 N.W.2d 772 (Ct. App. 1988), of what documents may be properly withheld from the public in an unresolved murder investigation. We hold that in this case the trial court did not properly evaluate the sufficiency of...
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