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NICHOLS v. BENNETT

No. 93-2480.

199 Wis.2d 268 (1996)

544 N.W.2d 428

Susan C. NICHOLS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Mark H. BENNETT, Columbia County District Attorney, Respondent-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-respondent-petitioner there briefs and oral argument by Mark H. Bennett, Columbia County District Attorney.

For the petitioner-appellant there was a brief by Norma Briggs and Briggs Law Office, Madison and oral argument by Norma Briggs.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Jeffrey J. Kassel and LaFollette & Sinykin, Madison for the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

JANINE P. GESKE, J.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals which reversed the circuit court's order denying an open records petition for mandamus filed pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 19.37(1)(a) (1991-92).1 The sole issue is whether open records requests made to a district attorney and the district attorney's responses to those requests are exempt from public inspection under State ex rel. Richards v. Foust...

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