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5 Wisconsin opinions name it 2 courts 2022–2025 5 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Wisconsin courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Racine Education Ass'n v. Board of Educationgreen2 sentences2022The court stated the case, on remand, would turn "largely [on] a question of causation[.]" Id. at 327. 24 ¶74 At least five subsequent cases endorsed the causal nexus requirement articulated in Racine Education Association I. 2022The court stated the case, on remand, would turn "largely [on] a question of causation[.]" Id. at 327. 24 ¶74 At least five subsequent cases endorsed the causal nexus requirement articulated in Racine Education Association I. | 2 | 2 |
Friends of Frame Park, U.A. v. City of Waukeshagreen2 sentences2025Because Prehn produced all requested records prior to any judicially sanctioned change in 17 Under the causal nexus test, “a party ‘prevails’ in a public records action if there is a causal nexus between the requester bringing the action and the defendant providing the requested records.” Friends of Frame Park, U.A. v. City of Waukesha, 2022 WI 57, ¶18 , 403 Wis. 2d 1 , 976 N.W.2d 263 . 38 the parties’ legal relationship, the circuit court concluded that the case was moot and all three Defendants were entitled to summary judgment. ¶85 Approximately three weeks after the circuit court’s decisio 2025Because Prehn produced all requested records prior to any judicially sanctioned change in 17 Under the causal nexus test, “a party ‘prevails’ in a public records action if there is a causal nexus between the requester bringing the action and the defendant providing the requested records.” Friends of Frame Park, U.A. v. City of Waukesha, 2022 WI 57, ¶18 , 403 Wis. 2d 1 , 976 N.W.2d 263 . 38 the parties’ legal relationship, the circuit court concluded that the case was moot and all three Defendants were entitled to summary judgment. ¶85 Approximately three weeks after the circuit court’s decisio | 1 | 2 |
State v. Shawn T. Wiskerchengreen2 sentences2022See id., ¶9. ¶28 Our supreme court elucidated the causal nexus requirement in State v. Wiskerchen, 2019 WI 1 , 385 Wis. 2d 120 , 921 N.W.2d 730 . 2022See id., ¶9. ¶28 Our supreme court elucidated the causal nexus requirement in State v. Wiskerchen, 2019 WI 1 , 385 Wis. 2d 120 , 921 N.W.2d 730 . | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Wisconsin. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Eau Claire Press Co. v. Gordon
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2 sentences2022See WTMJ, Inc., 204 Wis. 2d at 460; Eau Claire Press Co. v. Gordon, 176 Wis. 2d 154, 162 , 499 N.W.2d 918 (Ct. App. 1993); State ex rel. 2022See WTMJ, Inc., 204 Wis. 2d at 460; Eau Claire Press Co. v. Gordon, 176 Wis. 2d 154, 162 , 499 N.W.2d 918 (Ct. App. 1993); State ex rel. | 2 | 2022–2022 |
Wisconsin State Journal v. Edward A. Blazel
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1 sentence2025In Blazel, after a close examination of Friends of Frame Park, we stated that “no majority of justices ruled that voluntary release of requested records in the course of litigation of a public records action renders the action moot.”18 Blazel, 407 Wis. 2d 472, ¶¶27-38 . | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.