State Ex Rel. La Crosse Tribune v. Circuit Court for La Crosse County

This is a review of an order of the court of appeals denying the petition of David B. Offer, managing editor of the La Crosse Tribune, and Terry Rindfleisch, reporter, for a writ of mandamus directing the La Crosse County Circuit Court to produce a transcript of voir dire proceedings held in camera. The petitioners also asked for an order prohibiting the La Crosse County Circuit Court from conducting in camera voir dire proceedings in violation of sec. 757.14, Stats. The court of appeals denied the writ because the voir dire had been completed and because there was no proof that extraordinary…