Legal Opinion
Chartiers Valley Joint Schools v. Allegheny County Board of School Directors
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1965No. Appeals, 24; 226 Miscellaneous DocketPublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Ms. Justice Roberts,
These two cases contest the validity of the School Reorganization Act of 19631 when tested against the provisions of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
In the first case, four school districts2 and two Pennsylvania taxpayers3 filed a complaint in equity on May 5, 1964 in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, sitting as the Commonwealth Court, naming as *524defendants the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in that capacity and as chief executive officer of the State Board of Education, the Auditor General, the State Treasurer, and the Council of Basic…
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