GRAMS v. MELROSE-MINDORO JT. S.D. NO. 1.

No. 75-126.

78 Wis.2d 569 (1977)

254 N.W.2d 730

GRAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MELROSE-MINDORO JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, and another, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Bruce F. Ehlke, Robert J. Arnot and Lawton & Cates, and oral argument by Mr. Ehlke, all of Madison.

For the respondents there was a brief by John Bosshard and Bosshard, Sundet & Associates, and oral argument by John Bosshard, all of La Crosse.


DAY, J.

The question is whether a teacher's lack of legal authority to teach courses she had been teaching and was assigned to teach was a valid ground for discharge, notwithstanding that the employing school board was aware of her credentials before and after hiring her.

Phyllis Grams, the plaintiff-appellant, taught school for the defendant-respondent school district and a predecessor district for eight years beginning in the Fall of 1964.

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