By: Derek Hawkins//March 12, 2019//
WI Court of Appeals – District II
Case Name: State of Wisconsin Ex. Rel. Annette Flynn v. Kemper Center, Inc. et al.
Case No.: 2017AP1897
Officials: Stark, P.J., Hruz and Seidl, JJ.
Focus: Statutory Interpretation – Wisconsin’s Public Records Law
Kemper Center, Inc. and Gary Vaillancourt appeal a grant of summary judgment to Annette Flynn, proceeding on behalf of the State of Wisconsin, in Flynn’s action to enforce Wisconsin’s Public Records Law, WIS. STAT. §§ 19.31-.39 (2015-16). The sole issue in this case is whether Kemper Center, Inc. is a “quasi-governmental corporation” and therefore an “authority” having custody of a record within the meaning of § 19.32(1). Based upon the undisputed facts, we conclude as a matter of law that Kemper Center, Inc. is not a quasi-governmental corporation subject to the Public Records Law. Accordingly, we reverse the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment and remand with directions to dismiss the complaint.
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