LINZMEYER v. FORCEY

No. 01-0197.

254 Wis.2d 306 (2002)

2002 WI 84

646 N.W.2d 811

Armand LINZMEYER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D.J. FORCEY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief by Leonard D. Kachinsky and Kachinsky & Petit Law Offices, Neenah, and oral argument by Leonard D. Kachinsky.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by James B. Gunz, city attorney, Neenah.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert J. Dreps, Kendall W. Harrison and La Follette Godfrey & Kahn, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, and the Post-Crescent, with oral argument by Kendall W. Harrison.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Gordon E. McQuillen, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed (in the court of appeals) by Bruce Meredith, Melissa A. Cherney, and Chris Galinat, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, with oral argument by Bruce Meredith.


¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

In this case, we review a circuit court judgment that allowed the release of a Neenah Police Department (NPD) report under the Wisconsin Open Records Law, Wis. Stat. § 19.31-.39 (1999-2000).1 The police report was made pursuant to an investigation of Armand Linzmeyer, a teacher at Neenah High School (NHS). The investigation on which the report was based did not...

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