Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide open records dispute
MADISON—The state Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether Juneau County must release legal bills to a local newspaper.
The Juneau County Star-Times in 2010 asked the county for copies of legal bills from an investigation into a sheriff’s deputy. The county’s insurance company handled the probe. The company hired a law firm and paid the legal bills.
The firm released redacted bills to the newspaper through the county. The Star-Times alleged the county violated the state’s open records law but a Juneau County judge ruled the bills weren’t public records and even if they were the county properly refused to disclose the redacted information to protect attorney-client privilege. A state appeals court reversed that ruling in 2011, however.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its opinion Tuesday.
Jan 8, 2013 at 12:40 p.m.
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Jan 8, 2013 at 9:37 a.m.
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If Juneau County does not have the bills how can they release them?
" The county’s insurance company handled the probe. The company hired a law firm and paid the legal bills."
Jan 8, 2013 at 7:07 a.m.
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We don't want citizens to know how we're wasting their money. Nothing to see here, move on.
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