JOURNAL/SENTINEL v. SHOREWOOD SCHOOL BD.

No. 93-3106.

186 Wis.2d 443 (1994)

521 N.W.2d 165

JOURNAL/SENTINEL, INC., Bruce Gill, Michael Bayer and Lawrence Sussman, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. SCHOOL BOARD OF the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHOREWOOD, Amy Lewis, in her capacity as Shorewood School Board President, John L. Linehan, in his capacity as School District Acting Superintendent, von Briesen & Purtell, S. C., in its capacity as Shorewood School District Agent and Attorney, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael J. Morse, Warren L. Kreunen, and Brent P. Benrud of von Briesen & Purtell, S.C., of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Michael J. Morse.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Dennis L. Fisher of Meissner & Tierney, S.C., of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Dennis L. Fisher.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Sullivan and Fine, JJ.


FINE, J.

This is an appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the publisher of Milwaukee's two newspapers of general circulation and three of its employees, directing the Board of Directors of the School District of the Village of Shorewood, the board president, the school district's acting superintendent, and the school board's attorneys to release, under Wisconsin's public records law, §§ 19.31-19.37, STATS., a document entitled...

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