Legal Opinion

Squires v. Inhabitants of City of Augusta

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 25, 1959PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTapley, J.

On appeal. A bill in equity was brought by thirteen taxable inhabitants of the City of Augusta against the inhabitants of that city and its mayor and treasurer. The plaintiffs by their bill seek to enjoin the defendants from carrying into effect the provisions of an ordinance and order passed by the Augusta City Council on June 17, 1957 relating to transportation of pupils to and from nonpublic schools. The plaintiffs further seek to have this ordinance and appropriation order decreed as illegal, invalid, void and of no effect. After a hearing on the bill, answer and replication, the justice…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Nichols v. HenryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
  3. Spaulding v. Inhabitants of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
  4. Gale v. Inhab'ts of South BerwickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1863
  5. Burkett v. YoungsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1938

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. City of Biddeford Ex Rel. Board of Education v. Biddeford Teachers Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
  2. State Ex Rel. Reynolds v. NusbaumWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Board of Education v. BakalisIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Spears v. HondaHawaii Supreme Court · 1968
  5. State Ex Rel. Hughes v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970

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