Thompson v. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction ("department") appeals a trial court judgment that reversed the decision of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction ("superintendent") to revoke Ray M. Thompson's teaching license. The department contends that the trial court erred because: (1) it refused to use a deferential standard of review to the superintendent's conclusions of law and statutory interpretations; (2) it determined that the superintendent applied the wrong standard to determine whether a nexus existed between Thompson's immoral conduct and the health, welfare, safety or…