LAYTON SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN v. WERC

No. 75-755.

82 Wis.2d 324 (1978)

262 N.W.2d 218

LAYTON SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN, and another, Petitioners-Appellants, v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION, Respondent: WISCONSIN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, LOCAL 2149, WFT, AFT, AFL-CIO, and others, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by L. C. Hammond, Jr., George K. Whyte, Jr., Ronald E. Klipsch, and Quarles & Brady, with oral argument by Mr. Hammond, all of Milwaukee.

For respondent the cause was argued by David C. Rice, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the intervenors there was a brief by John S. Williamson, Jr., and Goldberg, Previant & Uelmen, S. C. of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Williamson.


ABRAHAMSON, J.

Layton School of Art & Design was an employer operating an institution of higher education. Neil Lieberman was president of the school. The underlying facts giving rise to the appeal before us occurred in February, 1973, when Lieberman dismissed seven teachers for incompetence.

The union to which the discharged teachers belonged disputed the legality of the terminations. When the school and union were unable to resolve their differences...

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