Private school filed § 1983 action alleging that city school district’s student transportation policy violated Equal Protection Clause and state law.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin entered summary judgment in district’s favor, and school appealed.
The Court of Appeals held that:
- District’s withholding of free busing did not amount to prohibited interference with parents’ fundamental right to direct their children’s education;
- Private school’s equal protection claim did not implicate any fundamental rights;
- District’s one-mile rule did not violate equal protection rights of private school students; and
- Summary judgment was not warranted on claim that district’s enforcement of deadline for signing up for free transportation violated equal protection.