Watton v. Hegerty

¶ 1. We review a decision of the court of appeals1 reversing a circuit court2 order denying Michael J. Watton's petition for a writ of mandamus. Watton filed a petition for *58a writ of mandamus to compel the production of statements of emergency detention3 kept by the City of Milwaukee Police Department. The issue presented is *59whether, upon an open record^ request to the City of Milwaukee Police Department, provisions of the Mental Health Act, ch. 51 of the Wisconsin Statutes, preclude disclosure of duplicate copies of statements of emergency detention that are in the possession of the police…