Legal Opinion

West Orange-Cove Consolidated I.S.D. v. Felipe Alanis, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of Education

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 2003No. 02-0427Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

No. 02-0427

West Orange-Cove Consolidated I.S.D., et al., Petitioners

v.

Felipe Alanis, in his Official Capacity as The Commissioner of Education, et al., Respondents

On Petition for Review from the Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas

Argued on March 27, 2003

2DissentJustice Smith

In the 1989-1990 school year, during which this Court issued its landmark Edgewood I decision, funding for primary and secondary education in Texas totaled $15.3 billion. Tex. Educ. Agency, Snapshot 1990: 1989-90 School District Profiles, at 19 (1991). Since that decision, the funding disparity among…

3Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Texas Ass'n of Business v. Texas Air Control BoardTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Dickerson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

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