COALITION FOR CLEAN GOVERNMENT v. LARSEN

No. 90-2721.

166 Wis.2d 159 (1991)

479 N.W.2d 576

COALITION FOR a CLEAN GOVERNMENT, Dennis Foerster, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James E. LARSEN, City of Fox Lake, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Dennis Foerster, pro se, of Newburg, on behalf of the Coalition for a Clean Government.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Kathryn L. Ryan of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, S.C. of Milwaukee.

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


SUNDBY, J.

The Coalition for a Clean Government appeals from a judgment dismissing its mandamus action under sec. 19.37(1), Stats., against the City of Fox Lake and its police chief, James E. Larsen. The Coalition seeks to compel Larsen, as the legal custodian of traffic citations in the police department, to mail its agent, Dennis Foerster, copies of certain citations. We conclude that the Wisconsin Public Records Law does not require the custodian to copy a public...

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