WOOD COUNTY v. BD. OF VOCATIONAL, T. & A. ED.

No. 318.

60 Wis.2d 606 (1973)

211 N.W.2d 617

WOOD COUNTY and others, Respondents, v. BOARD OF VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by James A. Urdan and Steven R. Duback, attorneys, and Quarles, Herriott, Clemons, Teschner & Noelke of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Urdan.

For the respondents there was a brief by Cole, Conway & Brazeau, attorneys, of Wisconsin Rapids; and Lawrence R. Nash, Wood county corporation counsel, and Kenneth M. Hill, Wisconsin Rapids city attorney, of counsel; and oral argument by John A. Cole.


WILKIE, J.

This entire controversy pertains to the adjudication of the extent of the authority of the board to order the questioned merger of Districts 14 and 15. As we view it, two issues are involved:

1. Did the board's power to order alterations in vocational districts include the power to merge those districts?

2. If so, did the board have statutory authority on June 20, 1972, to order the merger of those districts on its own initiative, or was...

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