School District No. 7 v. Weissenfluh

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Wallowa county declaring invalid the action of the defendant District Boundary Board in making changes in the boundaries between three school districts.

The requests for the boundary changes were made in two petitions filed with the defendant boundary board, in each case by three legal voters of the proposed new districts in accordance with ORS 329.730, which provides in part as follows:

“(1) The district boundary board may establish new districts on petition of three legal voters of a proposed new district if it finds that a new district…