Legal Opinion
ABBOTT BY ABBOTT v. Burke
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 21, 1998PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HANDLER, J.
Our Constitution mandates that the “Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all the children in the State between the ages of five and eighteen years.” N.J. Const, art. VIII, § 4, ¶ 1. This decision explains the remedial measures that must be implemented in order to ensure that public school children from the poorest urban communities receive the educational entitlements that the Constitution guarantees them.
The required remedial measures…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Robinson v. CahillSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Abbott v. BurkeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- Abbott v. BurkeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1990
- Robinson v. CahillSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, Inc. v. RellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Ex Parte JamesSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Nebraska Coalition for Educational Equity & Adequacy v. HeinemanNebraska Supreme Court · 2007
- Abbott Ex Rel. Abbott v. BurkeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2011
- Abbott Ex Rel. Abbott v. BurkeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2009
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