Legal Opinion
Pauley v. Kelly
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1979No. 14036PublishedCited by 234 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harshbarger, Justice:1
Appellants are parents of five children who attend the public schools of Lincoln County. They filed this action for declaratory judgment in the Circuit Court of Kana-wha County on behalf of themselves and as a class action on behalf of the other students in the Lincoln County school system. Defendants are the State Treasurer and State Auditor, the members of the West Virginia State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools.
The Pauleys allege that our system for financing public schools violates West Virginia’s Constitution by denying plaintiffs the…
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