BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS v. STATE OF WIS.

No. 84-C-877.

649 F.Supp. 82 (1985)

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF the CITY OF MILWAUKEE; Kristine D. Leopold, as a Member of the Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee and as parent and next friend of Cassandra R. Leopold, Christopher Leopold; Joyce P. Mallory, as a Member of the Board of School Directors of the City of Milwaukee and as parent and next friend of Damien Warren Mallory, Plaintiffs, v. STATE OF WISCONSIN; Anthony S. Earl, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Wisconsin; Herbert S. Grover, in his official capacity as State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Agency School Committee of CESA 19; Virginia Stolhand, in her official capacity as President of the Agency School Committee of CESA 19; Cooperative Educational Service Agency 19; William D. Bergum, in his official capacity as Executive Administrator of CESA 19; Paule Kolff, in her official capacity as chairperson of the CESA 19 Board of Control; Board of Education of Brown Deer School District; Board of Education of Cudahy School District; Board of Education of Elmbrook School District; Board of Education of Fox Point Joint No. 2 School District; Board of Education of Fox Point Joint No. 8 School District; Board of Education of Franklin School District; Board of Education of Germantown School District; Board of Education of Glendale Joint No. 1 School District; Board of Education of Greendale School District; Board of Education of Greenfield School District; Board of Education of Hamilton School District; Board of Education of Menomonee Falls School District; Board of Education of Mequon-Thiensville School District; Board of Education of Muskego-Norway School District; Board of Education of New Berlin School District; Board of Education of Nicolet Union High School District; Board of Education of Oak Creek-Franklin School District; Board of Education of St. Francis School District; Board of Education of Shorewood School District; Board of Education of South Milwaukee School District; Board of Education of Wauwatosa School District; Board of Education of West Allis School District; Board of Education of Whitefish Bay School District; Board of Education of Whitnall School District, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

April 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin B. Charne, Charne, Glassner, Tehan, Clancy & Taitelman, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., David S. Tatel, Allen R. Snyder, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Edward S. Marion, Madison, Wis., Thomas J. Arenz, Charles H. Bohl, Frisch, Dudek and Slattery, Ltd., Mark E. Vetter, Harney B. Stover, Jr., Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Thomas L. Shriner, Jr., Foley & Lardner, Timothy E. Hawks, Shneidman, Myers, Dowling, Blumenfield, William J. Mulligan, Mulcahy & Wherry, S.C., Michael J. Spector, Ralph A. Weber, Quarles & Brady, Warren L. Kreunen, Timothy G. Dugan, William C. Pickering, von Briesen & Redmond, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., Juan Colas, Robert J. Mussallem, Robert E. Lindquist, Madison, Wis., Lloyd A. Barbee, William H. Lynch, Curry First, Perry, First, Reiher, Lerner & Quindel, S.C., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

CURRAN, District Judge.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our democratic society. It is required in the performance of our most basic public responsibilities, even service in the armed forces. It is the very foundation of good citizenship. Today...

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