State ex rel. Pfitzinger v. Wasson

TURNAGE, Chief Judge.

In 1982 three sets of parents residing in the St. Charles R-V School District in St. Charles County filed a request with William J. Wasson, the designee of the Commissioner of Education, for the assignment of their children from the R-V School District to the St. Charles City School District. Wasson denied the request and the parents, pursuant to § 536.150, RSMo 1978, petitioned for a writ of mandamus. The court granted the writ and ordered the students reassigned as requested by their parents. This appeal followed. Reversed.

The issue is whether this court should apply…