Wednesday, June 25, 2008

'WIREdata, Inc. v. Village of Sussex' 2008 WI 69

The Wisconsin Supreme Court today issued its decision in this case (2005AP1473, 2006AP174, and 2006AP175), reversing in part and affirming in part the decision of the Court of Appeals, 2007 WI App 22, 298 Wis. 2d 743, 729 N.W.2d 757.
Opinion by Justice Crooks, with Justices Bradley, Prosser, Roggensack, and Ziegler
Concurrence by Chief Justice Abrahamson
Justice Butler did not participate


Public Records Law: Property Assessment Records - Data Collected and Maintained by Independent Contractor Assessors , Supreme Court Digest, by Professors Daniel D. Blinka and Thomas J. Hammer, Wisconsin Lawyer, September 2008


State high court rulings affect open government, by Christa O. Westerberg, Your Right To Know column, July 2008, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council
(via WisOpinion)


Wisconsin Supreme Court issues ruling in open records case: Municipalities that turned over PDFs instead of databases did not violate law, by Mike Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 26, 2008


March 13, 2008 argument audio


(See earlier post on grant of review)