Legal Opinion
State Board of Education v. Garden City School District
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 25, 1975No. Docket 22756PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Hara, J.
This is a case in which complete and literal compliance with a state statute is impossible because of the time at which the State Board of Education began its legal action.
Thus indisputably the question becomes how much compliance by the Garden City School District is legally sufficient compliance?
The panel noted this anomaly and persistent bench questioning finally resulted in the conclusion that the state board ordered the district board to jump across a creek. The district board replied in effect we can’t jump the creek, it’s too wide. The state board’s reply was to jump as far as you can.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Toan v. McGinnMichigan Supreme Court · 1935
- Schwartz v. Secretary of StateMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
- Sears v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- Iron County Board of Supervisors v. City of Crystal FallsMichigan Court of Appeals · 1970
- Nicholas v. CHARTER TOWNSHIP BD. OF WATERTOWNMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State Board of Education v. Houghton Lake Community SchoolsMichigan Supreme Court · 1988
- Board of County Road Commissioners v. State Highway CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
- Charles Ash v. Board of Education of the Woodhaven School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Beadling v. Governor of MichiganMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- Garden City Education Ass'n v. School DistrictDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2013
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