IN RE MENTAL CONDITION OF BILLY JO W.

No. 92-0854.

182 Wis.2d 616 (1994)

514 N.W.2d 707

IN RE the MENTAL CONDITION OF BILLY JO W., Alleged To Be Mentally Ill: BILLY JO W., Appellant, v. Gary METRO and Racine Journal Times, Respondents-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondents-petitioners there was a brief by Charles H. Constantine and Constantine, Christensen & Krohn, S.C., Racine and oral argument by Charles H. Constantine.

For the appellant there was a brief by William J. Tyroler, assistant state public defender and Sean M. Brown, assistant state public defender and oral argument by Sean M. Brown.


SHIRLEYS. ABRAHAMSON, J.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, In Re the Mental Condition of Billy Jo W., 173 Wis.2d 310, 497 N.W.2d 135 (Ct. App. 1992), reversing an order of the circuit court, Allan P. Torhorst, Judge. The circuit court authorized the Racine Journal Times and Gary Metro, a Racine Journal Times reporter, to review and publish portions of the court records produced as a result...

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