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“Have it Your Way”: Court of Appeals Applies “Burger King Rule” to Public Records Requests for Electronic Records

By: Attorney Sven W. Strutz – Weld Riley, S.C.

Public records requests are a bit like the Whopper.  Vintage Burger King commercials featured the slogan “have it your way.”  An accompanying jingle went something like this:  “hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us.”  It is now clear that, under Wisconsin’s public records law, a person making a “special order” for public records — i.e. records in a specifically identified or native electronic format—is entitled to have that request honored.

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