Elementary School District No. 1 v. State Appeal Board
Elementary School District No. 1 v. State Appeal Board
Opinion of the Court
The narrow issue before the court is whether an order of the circuit court denying a motion for summary judgment on an appeal to that court in a school district reorganization proceeding is a final order and is appealable. It is not.
In this school district reorganization proceeding, the Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 18 ordered the detachment of two sections from Elementary School District No. 1, Town of Brighton, Kenosha county, and attachment of those sections to the Union Grove Joint School District No. 1. The order was appealed by the Town of Brighton School District to the State Appeal Board and the State Appeal Board affirmed. The school district then appealed to the circuit court for Kenosha county and the State Appeal Board moved for summary judgment. The circuit court denied the motion, and the State Appeal Board appealed the circuit court order to this court.
The summary judgment procedure set forth in sec. 270.685, Stats., is not authorized in appeals to circuit court arising from school district reorganization proceedings. Sec. 270.635 was created by supreme court order.
The provisions of the statutes governing appeals in school district reorganization proceedings are set forth in sec. 117.03, Stats.
By the Court. — Appeal dismissed.
204 Wis. viii.
Sec. 270.635 (2), Stats.
Perkins v. Peacock (1953), 263 Wis. 644, 58 N. W. 2d 536.
Sec. 117.03 (6), Stats.: “Any party to the circuit court appeal may secure a review of the final order of the circuit court by appeal to the supreme court. Such appeal shall be taken as provided by law for appeals from the circuit court in other civil cases, except that the time for appeal shall be limited to 60 days from the notice of entry of the order.”
070rehearing
The following opinion was filed June 30, 1975:
(on motion for rehearing). In our decision this court stated:
“That summary judgment procedure set forth in sec. 270.635, Stats., is not authorized in appeals to circuit court arising from school district reorganization proceedings.”
On its motion for rehearing, the State Appeal Board contends that the statement is contrary to numerous opinions of this court in past decisions. A review of those decisions reveals that the issue as to procedure was never raised. In these reorganization cases the appeal is from the order of the agency involved.
The appeal board’s motion for rehearing is denied.
Reference
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- Elementary School District No. 1, Town of Brighton, Kenosha County, Respondent, v. State Appeal Board, Appellant
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- Published