Legal Opinion
Eulitt v. ME Dept. of Edu
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 22, 2004No. 04-1496PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This case calls upon us to decide whether the Equal Protection Clause requires Maine to extend tuition payments to private sectarian secondary schools on behalf of students who reside in a school district that makes such payments available on a limited basis to private nonsectarian secondary schools. We hold that the Equal Protection Clause does not impose any such obligation. Accordingly, although our reasoning differs from that of the district court, we affirm the entry of summary judgment in the defendants’ favor.
I. BACKGROUND
By statute, Maine commits to providing all…
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