Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Newspaper’s Claim Against Former Wisconsin Governor

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By: Joe Forward, Legal Writer, State Bar of Wisconsin

A Wisconsin appeals court upheld the dismissal of claims by a Madison-based newspaper against former Governor Jim Doyle, concluding the newspaper did not timely file a writ of mandamus to obtain relief for alleged violations of the state’s open records law.

The Capital Times Company alleged that Doyle’s office did not timely respond to a request for letters regarding nine judicial candidates in 2009.































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