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JUNEAU COUNTY STAR-TIMES v. JUNEAU COUNTY

No. 2010AP2313.

824 N.W.2d 457 (2013)

345 Wis.2d 122

2013 WI 4

JUNEAU COUNTY STAR-TIMES and George Althoff, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JUNEAU COUNTY and Kathleen Kobylski, Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 8, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-respondents-petitioners, there were briefs filed by Joseph P. Wright , Bryan Kleinmaier , and Richard K. Nordeng and Stafford Rosenbaum, LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Bryan Kleinmaier .

For the plaintiffs-appellants, there was a brief filed by Christa Westerberg and Pamela R. McGillivray , and McGillivray, Westerberg & Bender, LLC, Madison, and oral argument by Christa Westerberg .

An amicus curiae brief was filed by April Rockstead Barker and Schott, Bublitz & Engel, S.C., Brookfield, on behalf of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, and the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.

An amicus curiae brief was filed on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Justice by Mary E. Burke , assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was J.B. Van Hollen , attorney general.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Andrew T. Phillips and Patrick C. Henneger , and Phillips Borowski, S.C., Mequon, on behalf of the Wisconsin Counties Association.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Chief Justice.

¶ 1 This case calls upon the court to interpret once again the Wisconsin Public Records Law.1 The duties of government authorities under the Public Records Law are of substantial and continuing interest.

¶ 2 We are reviewing a published decision of the court of appeals that reversed a judgment of the Circuit Court for Juneau County, Charles A. Pollex, Judge.2

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