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STATE EX REL. NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. CIRCUIT COURT

No. State 78.

65 Wis.2d 66 (1974)

221 N.W.2d 894

STATE EX REL. NEWSPAPERS, INC., and another, Petitioners, v. CIRCUIT COURT FOR MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was submitted for the petitioner on the briefs of James P. Brody, Robert A. Christensen, Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., and Foley & Lardner, all of Milwaukee, and for the respondent on the brief of Robert W. Warren, attorney general, and James H. McDermott, assistant attorney general.

Submitted under sec. (Rule) 251.54 September 10, 1974.

DAY, J.

We conclude that pursuant to sec. 256.14, Stats.,2 an order by a judge to compel a witness in a John Doe proceeding to testify or produce books, papers or documents, after refusal to testify or produce such evidence on the ground of self-incrimination, must be done in open court. We also conclude that Mary Zahn has standing under sec. 256.14 to raise the issue as a...

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