ST. JOHN VIANNEY SCH. v. JANESVILLE ED. BD.

No. 83-087.

114 Wis.2d 140 (1983)

336 N.W.2d 387

ST. JOHN VIANNEY SCHOOL, Nativity of St. Mary's School, St. Patrick's School, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran School, St. William's School, Karen M. Roberson, Kevin C. Farley, Mary E. Farley, William B. Schweder, Kathleen A. Schweder, Mary A. Tegt, Nancy S. Arnold and Leland R. Arnold, Petitioners-Respondents, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT OF JANESVILLE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of T.P. Bidwell and Bidwell & Haakenson of Janesville.

For the petitioners-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas S. Hornig and Brennan, Steil, Ryan, Basting & MacDougall, S.C. of Janesville.

Brief of amicus curiae was filed by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Daniel D. Stier, assistant attorney general and Mary Brooks Fraser, legal counsel, Department of Public Instruction, on behalf of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Brief of amicus curiae was filed by James F. Clark and Michael J. Julka and Isaksen, Lathrop, Esch, Hart & Clark, on behalf of The Wisconsin Association of School Boards, Inc.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman, J. and W.L. Jackman, Reserve Judge.


GARTZKE, P.J.

Plaintiffs are five private schools located in the City of Janesville and the parents of five children attending those schools. They seek mandamus requiring the Board of Education of the School District of Janesville to amend its transportation policy to provide that all children in Janesville who live more than two miles from school shall be transported by school bus with door-to-door service. The board has appealed from a judgment directing that if...

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