State Ex Rel. Newspapers Inc. v. Showers

BABLITCH J.

Does Wisconsin’s Open Meeting Law apply when the number of members of a governmental body present at a meeting constitute less than half the membership of the full body? We are asked to interpret a statute that does not specifically answer “yes” or “no” to that question. Some statutes of other states expressly apply only to meetings of a quorum of the membership of a governmental body; 1 statutes of other states expressly apply whenever two or more or three or more members of a governmental body meet. 2 Wisconsin’s Open Meeting Law is silent on this point, thereby leaving the…