NEW RICHMOND NEWS v. CITY OF NEW RICHMOND

No. 2014AP1938.

881 N.W.2d 339 (2016)

2016 WI App 43

NEW RICHMOND NEWS and Steven Dzubay, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CITY OF NEW RICHMOND, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 10, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Remzy D. Bitar , Timothy M. Johnson and Samantha R. Schmid of Crivello Carlson, S.C., Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert J. Dreps and Dustin B. Brown of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison.

A nonparty brief was filed by Brad D. Schimel , attorney general, Andrew C. Cook , deputy attorney general, and Delanie Breuer , assistant attorney general, for the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

A nonparty brief was filed by Claire Silverman of Madison, for League of Wisconsin Municipalities, and Andrew T. Phillips of von Briesen & Roper, S.C., of Milwaukee, for Wisconsin Counties Association.

A nonparty brief was filed by Michael J. Modl , Timothy M. Barber and Gesina M. Seiler of Axley Brynelson, LLP, of Madison, for Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Corporation and Community Insurance Corporation.

A nonparty brief was filed by Christa Westerberg of McGillivray Westerberg & Bender LLC, of Madison, for Wisconsin Newspaper Association, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Before STARK, P.J., HRUZ and SEIDL, JJ.


¶ 1 New Richmond News and its publisher, Steven Dzubay, (collectively, the Newspaper) requested two accident reports and two incident reports from the City of New Richmond Police Department, pursuant to Wisconsin's public records law. The police department ultimately provided the reports, but it redacted information identifying...

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