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Wis. Stat. § 801.20

When documents may be filed as confidential

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case John Doe 1 v. Madison Metro School District (2022)

Most recently applied in John Doe 1 v. Madison Metro School District (July 2022)

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(1) The director of state courts shall maintain a list of commonly-filed documents made confidential by statutes, court rules and case law, and shall make this list publicly available. Documents on the list may be submitted by a party without a motion or court order and will be automatically treated by the court as confidential.

(2) A filing party is responsible for properly identifying a document as confidential at the time it is filed. The court is not required to review documents to determine if the documents are confidential in nature.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.