Legal Opinion
Davis v. Ssd Dept. of Ed.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 2011No. 25330, 25333PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEIERHENRY, Retired Justice.
[¶ 1.] When our state founders laid the cornerstone for our state capítol building in 1908, the distinguished leader and Dakota Territorial Superintendent of Public Instruction, Gen. W.H.H. Beadle, addressed the crowd. He spoke of the importance of education to the future of the state:
The advance of every free state depends upon the broad intelligence of its citizens. Because we are a state, republican in form, education of all the people becomes the highest duty of the state. Nothing can be so important except the struggle for the very existence of the republic.…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich CollieriesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Pauley v. KellyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- Leandro v. StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1997
- Poppen v. WalkerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1994
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Gannon v. StateSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
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- In re Issuance of a Summons CompellingSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2018
- AFSCME Local 1025 v. Sioux Falls School DistrictSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2011
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