Legal Opinion
Rita Johnson v. The State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1978No. 78-2368PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Mississippi Code § 37-41-3 provided that students living one mile or more from their attendance centers were entitled to state financed transportation, with the exception that students residing within the corporate limits of a municipality and attending school within those corporate limits were not entitled to free transportation regardless of the distance from the school.
Upon a challenge filed on behalf of students residing within corporate limits, the District Court held that the statutory distinction between students residing within and without corporate limits was an unconstitutional…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kremens v. BartleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Richard and Deloris Bowles v. Blue Lake Development Corporation, Blue Lake Mobile Home Ranch, Inc., and Rapee Realty Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
3Cited by19 opinions
- Coalition for the Abolition of Marijuana Prohibition v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Rita Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross v. The State of Mississippi, Defendants-Appellants-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Larry Horton v. City of St. AugustineCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- The Naturist Society, Inc., T.A. Wyner v. John Fillyaw, Individually and as Official Park Manager, John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Ron Checki v. Richard WebbCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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