19.37(2) in the original mandamus action still pending before Judge Barland to recover the costs and attorney fees it incurred in obtaining the release of the sealed documents. Subsequently, the newspaper filed a motion under sec. This intervention occurred during the pending mandamus action before Judge Barland.Īt the hearing, Judge Cameron released an edited version of the documents, and we affirmed the decision in C. 803.09, Stats., which allows nonparties to intervene, and argued for the records' disclosure. The newspaper intervened in the Edson case pursuant to sec. Several parties objected and obtained a hearing before Judge Cameron. However, before Judge Barland decided the motions to quash, the newspaper, Barrett, and Judge Cameron reached a stipulation wherein Judge Cameron, as presiding judge in the Edson case, agreed to release the sealed records, provided no Edson party to the cases objected. The case was assigned to Judge Thomas Barland.īarrett and Judge Cameron moved to quash the summons and complaint and the writ of mandamus. Barrett, Eau Claire County Clerk of Court, and Judge Roderick Cameron, who presided over the case, as defendants in the mandamus action. The six cases concerned alleged incidents of sexual assaults involving juveniles (hereinafter Edson). 19.37 to obtain access to sealed settlement documents filed in six related Eau Claire County Circuit Court cases. On October 28, 1985, the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram (hereinafter the newspaper) began a mandamus action under sec. Because the records' disclosure was not a result of the original mandamus action, we deny the writ.Īlthough this court has previously addressed another aspect of this issue, we restate the facts for clarity. Eau Claire Leader-Telegram has filed a prerogative writ with this court seeking an order to recover attorney fees under sec.
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