Williams v. Lansing Board of Education

This case involves the constitutionality of Section 492 of the School Code 1 requiring ownership of taxable property within the school district as a condition of eligibility to office as a school board member, title to a seat on defendant board of education contested by non-propertied plaintiff and propertied defendant Woods, and the question of what procedural means are appropriate to resolve the controversy.

Plaintiff was elected to defendant board January 11, 1973 for a term of six years. He was then fully qualified for the office. He remains so qualified except that in October of 1974 he…