204 Wis. 2d 82 - Chvala v. Bubolz’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently July 2022
16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 20 U.S.C. § 1232G (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on 81 Wis. 2d 205 - First National Leasing Corp. v. City of Madison · 89 Wis. 2d 417 - Newspapers, Inc. v. Breier · 128 Wis. 2d 508 - State Bank of La Crosse v. Elsen · 116 Wis. 2d 388 - Hathaway v. Joint School District No. 1 · 125 Wis. 2d 480 - Oshkosh Northwestern Co. v. Oshkosh Library Board
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]his specificity requirement is not met by a mere citation to the exemption statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Except as otherwise provided by law, any requester has a right to inspect any record.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“If the custodian gives no reasons or gives insufficient reasons for withholding a public record, a writ of mandamus compelling the production of the records must issue. Beckon, supra at 518 , states, "[T]here is an absolute right to inspect a public document in the absence of specifically stated sufficient reasons to the contrary." (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.