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EAU CLAIRE LEADER-TELEGRAM v. BARRETT

No. 88-1982-W.

148 Wis.2d 769 (1989)

436 N.W.2d 885

STATE of Wisconsin EX REL., EAU CLAIRE LEADER-TELEGRAM, Petitioner, v. Eleanor C. BARRETT, Clerk of Court of Eau Claire County, Circuit Court of Eau Claire County, Hon. Roderick A. Cameron, Presiding, Eau Claire County and the State of Wisconsin, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 17, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner, there was a petition for prerogative writ and a reply by Eugenia G. Carter and Linda M. Clifford of La Follette & Sinykin, of Madison.

For the respondents, Eau Claire County and Eleanor C. Barrett, Clerk of Court for Eau Claire County, there was a response to the petition filed by Keith R. Zehms, Corporation Counsel, of Eau Claire.

For the respondents, there was a response to the petition filed by Donald J. Hanaway, attorney general, and Robert W. Larsen, assistant attorney general.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.

CANE, P.J.

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram has filed a prerogative writ with this court seeking an order to recover attorney fees under sec. 19.37(2), Stats. Because the records' disclosure was not a result of the original mandamus action, we deny the writ.

Although this court has previously addressed another aspect of this issue, we restate the facts for clarity. On October 28, 1985, the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram (hereinafter the newspaper) began a mandamus action...

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