Legal Opinion
Los Alamos School Board v. Wugalter
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1977No. 75-2000PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff school board brought this action in United States District Court for the Dis*710trict of New Mexico challenging one subsection of the New Mexico Public School Finance Act1 on the ground it conflicts with the Atomic Energy Community Act of 1955 (“AECA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2301-94, and is therefore unconstitutional under the supremacy clause, U.S. Const, art. VI, cl. 2. The defendants are the responsible New Mexico education officials. The district court entered judgment for plaintiff declaring subsection 19(G) unconstitutional and ordering defendants to fund the school…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of the Southwest, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1985
- Middletown School Committee v. Board of Regents for EducationDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977
- Los Alamos School Board v. WugalterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- State v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of the Southwest, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1985