Mayfair Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. v. Baldarotta

The issue presented involves Wisconsin's Open Records Law. The question is whether the Department of Revenue must, in essence, reveal the name of an informant who was promised anonymity by field auditors for the Department of Revenue (Department) in exchange for information regarding certain actions by the informant's employer, Mayfair Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. (Mayfair). The Department seeks review of a court of appeals' decision which affirmed the circuit court's mandamus judgment compelling the Department to permit Mayfair to inspect certain records in the Department's custody relating to…