DIECKHOFF v. SEVERSON

No. 89-1278.

915 F.2d 1145 (1990)

Wayne DIECKHOFF; Christine J. Dieckhoff; Ellen J. Dieckhoff, a minor; Dale Gough; Arlene Gough; Matthew R. Gough, a minor; Kevin R. Gough, a minor; Terry Gough; Sherry Gough; Jason J. Gough, a minor; Julie L. Gough, a minor; Keith E. Kamholz; Eugene H. Kamholz; Janis E. Kamholz; Fred Nafzger; Susan Nafzger; Shannon K. Nafzger, a minor; Ralph Nafzger; Sharon Nafzger; Amy L. Nafzger, a minor; Curtis J. Newcomer; Sharon Newcomer; Shaun C. Newcomer, a minor; Merlyn Nenneman; Carol Nenneman; Merrit J. Nenneman, a minor; Melvin P. Nenneman, a minor; Mildred A.R. Nenneman, a minor; Kenneth Slack; Nancy Coplien; Rolland Coplien; Bernadette Kammes; Clarence Leaver; Marion Leaver; Lorraine Williams; Timothy J. Balsiger; Laura A. Balsiger; Tad M. Balsiger, a minor; Cindy Chesna; Tiffany L. Boyce, a minor; Larry Kloepping; Joan Kloepping; and Todd Slack, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert E. SEVERSON, County Clerk in and for Green County, Wisconsin; Herbert J. Grover, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; and Donald D. Schneider, Secretary, Wisconsin School District Boundary Appeal Board, Defendants-Appellees. School District of Juda, Henry E. Henning, Susan E. Henning, and Samuel Kaderly, Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Owens, John M. Carroll, Jr., Pangman & Associates, Waukesha, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bradley D. Armstrong, Steven M. Streck, Axley & Brynelson, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellee Robert E. Severson.

Warren D. Weinstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Wisconsin Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees Herbert J. Grover and Donald D. Schneider.

Michael V. Sicklen, Madison, Wis., Scott Thompson, Monroe, Wis., for intervenors-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

This case is a tale of two school districts. Plaintiffs-appellants, a group of minor children, their parents and other landowners ("Parents"), attempted to jump from one school district to another. At first, it appeared to be the best of times for Parents: they were granted administrative approval of their scheme to "detach" their land from one school district and "attach" it to the other. In the end, it was the worst of times: a referendum was...

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