Kaye v. Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System

In this appeal, we decide that the Union Policy Board of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UPB) is subject to sec. 20.918, Stats., 1 and could not employ attorneys without the governor's approval. The Board of Regents therefore proceeded on a correct theory of law and did not act arbitrarily and capriciously when it denied UPB's request that the defendants approve payment of UPB's attorney fees incurred in this action and budget funds for that purpose. We therefore affirm the circuit court's order denying petitioners certiorari relief.

The petitioners are students of the University of…