SANDS v. WHITNALL SCHOOL DIST.

No. 2005AP1026.

754 N.W.2d 439 (2008)

2008 WI 89

Barbara SANDS, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. The WHITNALL SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Thomas Nelson and Hawks Quindel Ehlke & Perry, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Thomas Nelson.

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs by Jeffrey A. Schmeckpeper, Patti J. Kurth, and Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Jeffrey A. Schmeckpeper.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert J. Dreps, Patricia L. Wheeler, and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.

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


¶ 1 LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.

This is a review of a published court of appeals opinion1 reversing and remanding a non-final order of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, the Honorable Clare L. Fiorenza presiding. The circuit court issued an order directing the Whitnall School District (the District) to provide answers to interrogatories from Barbara Sands (Sands) regarding a discussion about her employment during a closed session of...

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