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IN MATTER OF OWENS

Nos. 83-1600, 83-1601.

122 Wis.2d 449 (1984)

362 N.W.2d 171

IN the MATTER OF Phillip OWENS: Phillip OWENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF POLICE & FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF BELOIT, Defendant-Respondent. STATE EX REL. Phillip OWENS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BOARD OF POLICE & FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF BELOIT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant and petitioner-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert J. Ruth and Louis X. Mineau, and Bolgrien, Ruth & Rentz, S.C. of Beloit.

For the defendant-respondent and respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Daniel T. Kelley and Hansen, Eggers, Berres, Kelley & Blakely, S.C. of Beloit.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Bablitch, J. and Dykman, J.

DYKMAN, J.

Owens appeals from a judgment of the trial court affirming the order of the Beloit Board of Police and Fire Commissioners dismissing him from the Beloit Police Department. Because we conclude that the standard of proof required for police disciplinary hearings is a preponderance of the evidence and that certiorari review of circuit court decisions concerning police and fire department disciplinary action hearings is limited to whether a board exceeded its...

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