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WOZNICKI v. ERICKSON

No. 94-2795.

202 Wis.2d 178 (1996)

549 N.W.2d 699

Thomas J. WOZNICKI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis W. ERICKSON, Assistant District Attorney, Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner the cause was argued by Alan Lee, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was James E. Doyle, attorney general.

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief by Melissa A. Cherney, Chris Galinat and Wisconsin Education Association Council, Madison and oral argument by Melissa A. Cherney.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Jeffrey J. Kassel and LaFollette & Sinykin, Madison for the Wisconsin Newspaper Association and Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.

WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

Dennis W. Erickson, an Assistant District Attorney for St. Croix County (District Attorney), seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals holding that public employee personnel records are exempted from the open records law. The court of appeals further held that Thomas J. Woznicki's (Woznicki) private telephone records, which are being held by the District Attorney, are not public records within the meaning of the open records...

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