Karen SCHILL, Traci Pronga, Kimberly Martin, Robert Dresser and Mark Larson, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS SCHOOL DISTRICT and Robert Crist, Defendants-Respondents,
Don Bubolz, Intervenor-Respondent.
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Argued November 10, 2009.
Decided July 16, 2010.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the plaintiffs-appellants there were briefs by Jina L. Jonen and the Wisconsin Education Association Council, Madison, and oral argument by Jina L. Jonen.
For the defendants-respondents there were briefs by Robert W. Burns, Geoffrey A. Lacy, and Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Green Bay, and oral argument by Robert W. Burns.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Grant F. Langley, city attorney and Melanie R. Swank, assistant city attorney, Milwaukee; and Michael P. May, city attorney and Roger A. Allen, assistant city attorney, Madison, on behalf of the Office of the Milwaukee City Attorney and the Office of the Madison City Attorney.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Andrew T. Phillips, Patrick C. Henneger, and Centofanti Phillips, S.C., Mequon, on behalf of the Wisconsin Counties Association.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Bruce F. Ehlke and Ehlke, Gartzke, Bero-Lehmann & Lounsbury, S.C., Madison, on behalf of AFSCME District Council 40.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Tamara B. Packard, Lester A. Pines, and Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP, Madison, on behalf of Madison Teachers, Inc.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert J. Dreps and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, and Jennifer L. Peterson and Journal Communications, Inc., Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Journal Broadcast Group, Inc., and the Associated Press.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Jennifer Sloan Lattis, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was J.B. Van Hollen, attorney general, on behalf of the Department of Justice.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS
¶ 1 SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Chief Justice.
If Wisconsin were not known as the Dairy State it could be known, and rightfully so, as the Sunshine State. All branches of Wisconsin government have, over many years, kept a strong commitment to transparent government.
¶ 2 Open records and open meetings laws, that is, "Sunshine Laws," "are first and foremost a powerful tool for everyday people to keep...
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