Legal Opinion
State v. Patzer
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1986No. Cr. 1096-1099 and 1101-1104PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINE, Justice.
The defendants in these consolidated appeals, 1 parents who refused to send their children to school and instead sought to educate them in their homes, were convicted of violating North Dakota’s compulsory school attendance laws, Chapter 15-34.1, N.D.C.C. None of the parents is a certified teacher or presently certifiable under state law, nor are their children being taught by certified teachers in the homes. The parents assert that their convictions should be reversed because the compulsory school attendance laws, as applied to them, unconstitutionally infringe upon their…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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