Newspapers, Inc. v. Breier

This action arose out of a request by Joseph W. Shoquist, managing editor of The Milwau*421kee Journal, for regular access to a number of police records. Harold A. Breier, Chief of Police of the City of Milwaukee, responded to Shoquist’s request by granting access to some records and refusing access to others. In the Chief’s letter dated July 3, 1974, he stated that the press would be provided, upon demand, the name, age and date of birth of all persons taken into custody, the time the suspect was taken into custody, and the names of the arresting officers. He refused to permit the press access…