Gauder v. Leckrone

OPINION and ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

After certain members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison varsity band misbehaved during the band’s return from an officially sanctioned trip in March 2004, the band director imposed a collective fine of $1,200 on all of the band members on the trip and ordered each member’s student records to be placed on administrative hold until his share of the fine was paid. The band director did not employ the university’s written disciplinary process governing instances of non-academic misconduct before disciplining the band members. The question presented in…