BLDG. & CONSTR. TRADES v. WAUNAKEE SCH. DIST

No. 97-3282.

221 Wis.2d 575 (1998)

585 N.W.2d 726

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN, Billy Harrelson, Thomas Kiesgen and Mitchell Terhaar, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAUNAKEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc., Electri-Tec Electrical Construction, Inc., Maly Roofing Co., Inc., and Gene Hamele, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Oral argument May 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Matthew R. Robbins, John J. Brennan and Jill M. Hartley of Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller and Brueggeman, S.C. of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Matthew R. Robbins.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James K. Pease, Jr., Douglas E. Witte, and Devon R. Baumbach of Melli, Walker, Pease & Ruhley, S.C. of Madison; Dennis M. White of Brennan, Steil, Basting & MacDougall, S.C. of Madison; and Michael J. Westcott and Paul Voelker of Axley Brynelson, LLP of Madison. Oral argument by James Pease, Jr., and Edith Merila.

Before Dykman, P.J., Eich and Roggensack, JJ.


EICH, J.

The Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin and several individual labor union officials (collectively the Council) appeal from an order dismissing their open-records law mandamus action against the Waunakee School District. The Council requested that the District provide it access to the payroll records of certain subcontractors working on a school construction project. The sole issue is whether the open records law, §§...

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