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Mandamus Relief – Open Records

By: Derek Hawkins//July 2, 2019//

Mandamus Relief – Open Records

By: Derek Hawkins//July 2, 2019//

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WI Court of Appeals – District II

Case Name: Bill Lueders v. Scott Krug

Case No.: 2018AP431

Officials: Reilly, P.J., Gundrum and Hagedorn, JJ.

Focus: Mandamus Relief – Open Records

Scott Krug appeals from an order granting mandamus relief to Bill Lueders and ordering Krug to produce “electronic copies” of records Lueders sought through an open records request. Krug rests his appeal on his reading of WIS. STAT. § 19.35(1)(b), which he claims requires him to provide Lueders with “nothing more” than “copies of records that [were] ‘substantially as readable’ as the original.” This argument calls upon us to interpret this statutory provision and apply it to the undisputed facts. We affirm.

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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