Statutory Interpretation – Injunctive Relief

By: Derek Hawkins//July 10, 2018//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Willis W. Hagen, II v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, et al.

Case No.: 2017AP2058-AC

Officials: Neubauer, C.J., Reilly, P.J., and Hagedorn, J.

Focus: Statutory Interpretation – Injunctive Relief

In this Public Records Law case, Willis W. Hagen, II, brought an action under WIS. STAT. § 19.356 (2015-16) to enjoin the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (the University) from disclosing to Alexander Nemec records relating to an investigation of a complaint against Hagen, a professor at the University. The circuit court denied the request for injunctive relief, concluding that no statutory or common-law exception barred the records’ release and that the presumption of public access, see WIS. STAT. § 19.31, outweighed any public interest in nondisclosure. We affirm the order.

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