RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. v. THOMPSON

No. 80-2202.

107 Wis.2d 657 (1982)

321 N.W.2d 334

RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Petitioners-Respondents and Cross-Appellants, v. Barbara THOMPSON, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Respondent-Appellant and Cross-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the respondent-appellant and cross-respondent there was a brief by Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and Daniel D. Stier, assistant attorney general. Oral argument by Daniel D. Stier.

For the petitioners-respondents and cross-appellants there was a brief by Gilbert J. Berthelsen and Arthur P. Simpson of Capwell, Berthelsen, Nolden & Casanova, Ltd. of Racine. Oral argument by Gilbert J. Berthelsen.

Before Voss, P.J., Brown and Scott, JJ.


BROWN, J.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Barbara Thompson1 appeals from a judgment over-turning her order reversing an expulsion on the ground that hearsay was inadmissible at a school board student expulsion hearing. We conclude that a student's right to due process in an expulsion hearing is satisfied even though some of the testimony presented was hearsay given by members of the school staff. For this reason, we affirm the...

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