Legal Opinion

Keeler v. Iowa State Board of Public Instruction

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 16, 1983No. 67199PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORMICK, Justice.

The question here concerns the legality of a school closing decision. The board of directors of the Marshalltown Community School District decided in March 1981 to close the elementary school in Albion at the end of the 1980-81 school year. Upon an appeal by Dorothy Keeler and more than sixty other persons residing in or near Albion, the state board of public instruction (DPI) affirmed the board decision. The petitioners then obtained judicial review of the DPI decision, and the district court affirmed. This appeal followed. We find no merit in the appeal and therefore…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. City of Davenport v. Public Employment Relations BoardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  2. Churchill Truck Lines, Inc. v. Transportation Regulation Board of the Iowa Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  3. Buchholtz v. Iowa Department of Public InstructionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
  4. Templer v. School Township of EllisworthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
  5. Howell School Board District No. 9 v. HubbarttSupreme Court of Iowa · 1955

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Black v. University of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
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  3. Wallace v. Iowa State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009
  4. State Ex Rel. Jones v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Fort Dodge Security Police, Inc. v. Iowa Department of RevenueCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1987

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