Legal Opinion
Athanson v. Grasso
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 30, 1976No. Civ. 15074PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BLUMENFELD, District Judge:
This action challenges Connecticut’s method of financing public education. * The gravamen of the complaint is that differences in the amount of property available for taxation in the several school districts throughout the state result in a heavier burden on Hartford taxpayers for expenditures per pupil for education. The plaintiffs claim that the State’s statutory method of paying an equal amount per pupil to assist each town in bearing its costs of education, when considered in light of this burden, denies them the equal protection of the…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Weiss v. Willow Tree Civic Ass'nDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
- The Honorable Cliff Finch, Governor of the State of Mississippi v. Mississippi State Medical Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Baksalary v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
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