MILWAUKEE JOURNAL v. UW BOARD OF REGENTS

No. 90-0205.

163 Wis.2d 933 (1991)

472 N.W.2d 607

THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL, and Dennis Chaptman, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM, Donna Shalala, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Hugh V. (Pat) Richter, Athletic Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Melany Stinson Newby of Office of Administrative Legal Services of Madison.

For the plaintiffs-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Linda M. Clifford of LaFollette & Sinykin of Madison.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman and Sundby, JJ.


EICH, C.J.

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and other university officials (collectively, "the university") appeal from a judgment ordering them to disclose the names of applicants for the positions of athletic director and football coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The issue is whether sec. 230.13(2), Stats., which authorizes the secretary of the Department of Employee Relations (DER) to keep records of the "[n]ames of applicants other...

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