TROJAN v. UNIV WIS. REGENTS BD.

No. 83-1944.

128 Wis.2d 270 (1985)

382 N.W.2d 75

David TROJAN, James Williams, Marion P. Earnest, Shirley P. Wright, Myron P. Utech, Joseph C. Hisrich, and John Hunnicutt, Petitioners-Appellants, v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM, Leonard Haas, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners-appellants there were briefs by John S. Williamson, Jr., and Habush, Habush & Davis, S.C., of Milwaukee, and oral argument by John S. Williamson, Jr.

For the respondents there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and LeRoy L. Dalton, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by LeRoy L. Dalton, assistant attorney general.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.


EICH, J.

Seven faculty members in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-EauClaire appeal from an order and a judgment affirming a decision of the Board of Regents granting tenure to one of their colleagues, Professor, J. Kenneth Davidson. The issue is whether the Board exceeded its authority when it granted Davidson tenure in the absence of an affirmative recommendation from his academic department...

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