Capital Times Co. v. Doyle

¶ 1. In a civil cause of action, The Capital Times Company and Mike Miller sued former Governor James Doyle and his record custodian for allegedly violating Wisconsin's open records law and sought punitive damages because of alleged arbitrary and capricious delay. According to the complaint, the Governor's office1 failed to respond to a June 4, 2009 request for letters regarding nine judicial candidates until July 8, 2009, ninety minutes before the Governor announced his appointments. The Newspaper brought this civil suit on July 30, 2009, twenty-two days after the requested documents were…