Legal Opinion

Roemhild v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 25, 1983No. 39735Published

1Opinion of the Court

251 Ga. 569 (1983)

308 S.E.2d 154

ROEMHILD et al.

v.

THE STATE.

39735.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 25, 1983.

James T. Irvin, for appellants.

V. D. Stockton, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Patrick W. McKee, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Ware, Parker, Johnson, Cook & Dunlevie, Wendell R. Bird, amicus curiae.

BELL, Justice.

This case concerns the constitutionality of OCGA § 20-2-690 (Code Ann. § 32-2104), the Georgia compulsory school attendance law, which provides that every parent having control of a child between the ages of seven and sixteen shall…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Rose v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Sabel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983

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