Legal Opinion
Askew v. Hargrave
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 1971No. 573PublishedCited by 250 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Curiam.
In 1968, Florida enacted a new law for the financing of public education through state appropriations and local ad valorem taxes assessed by each school district. A section of the new law, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 236.251 (Supp. 1970), known as the “Millage Rollback Law,” provided that, to be eligible to receive state moneys, a local school district must limit ad valorem taxes for school purposes to not more than 10 mills of assessed valuation, with certain exceptions. Appellees filed this class action in the District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging that the Millage…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Reetz v. BozanichSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hargrave v. KirkDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1970
3Cited by250 opinions
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