MILWAUKEE TEACHERS' EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, James Roe 1-5 and Jane Roe 1-2, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
MILWAUKEE BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS, Joseph Fisher and Robert C. Jasna, Defendants-Respondents,
JOURNAL SENTINEL, INC., Defendant-Intervenor-Respondent-Petitioner.
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Oral argument March 2, 1999.
Decided July 8, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the defendant-intervenor-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by David Lucey, Paul Bargren and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee and oral argument by David Lucey.
For the plaintiffs-appellants there was a brief by Richard Perry, Robert J. Lerner, B. Michele Sumara and Perry Lerner, Quindel & Saks, S.C., Milwaukee and oral argument by Robert J. Lerner.
Amicus curiae brief was filed by James A. Friedman, Robert J. Dreps and LaFollette & Sinykin, Madison for the WI Newspaper Association, the WI Broadcasters Association and the Freedom of Information Council.
Amicus curiae brief was filed by Melissa A. Cherney and Chris Galinat, as counsel, Madison, for the Wisconsin Education Association Council.
Amicus curiae brief was filed by Bruce F. Ehlke, Aaron N. Halstead and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, Ehlke, Hawks & Domer, Madison, for District Council 40, AFSCME, AFL-CIO.
Amicus curiae brief was filed by Gordon E. McQuillen and Cullen, Weston, Pines & Bach, Madison, for the Wisconsin Professional Police Association.
Amicus curiae brief was filed by Jon P. Axelrod and DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, S.C., Madison, for Stephen M. Kailin & Linda Kailin.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.
The issue in this case is whether public employees are entitled to de novo judicial review under Woznicki v. Erickson,202 Wis.2d 178, 549 N.W.2d 699 (1996), when a records custodian who is not a district attorney decides to release information from the employees' personnel records in response to a request made under Wisconsin's
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