State Ex Rel. Young v. Shaw

Edward Young appeals from an order dismissing his complaint. Young sought mandamus to compel the release of University of Wisconsin police records regarding their investigation of an automobile accident which resulted in a criminal charge against him. The records at issue are a uniform traffic accident report, a narrative report referred to in the accident report, a dispatch record and photographs. Young also sought costs, fees, and damages from the defendants for having denied him access to those materials. The defendants are Kenneth Shaw, president of the University of Wisconsin system;…