Legal Opinion
Petrella v. Brownback
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2015No. Nos. 13-3334, 14-3023PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
More than six decades ago, the Supreme Court declared school segregation in Topeka, Kansas unconstitutional. Brown v. Bd. of Educ., 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 (1964). Since then, Kansas state courts have adjudicated numerous challenges to the state’s school financing system, seeking to effectuate Brown’s ideals and the Kansas Constitution’s mandate that school financing be “suitable.” Kan. Const. art. 6, § 6(b). Through this history of litigation and remarkably direct communication between the state’s three branches of government, Kansas has developed a…
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