Legal Opinion
Garrity v. Gallen
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided August 17, 1981No. 1:15-adr-00004PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DEVINE, Chief Judge.
The model of democracy adopted for (both federal and state) governance in the United States provides that the legislative branch shall raise and allocate funds necessary for the common good. 1 Not unusually, there are more competitors for a share of such funds than there are funds to be divided. When, as in the instant litigation, a defined group perceives it is being deprived of what it believes to be an “entitlement”, litigation ensues. This is more particularly true when such group comprises a segment of society which, “because of its position of…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Georgia State Conference of Branches of Naacp, Mary Alice Covin, Mary Laurant, Sylvia Dennis, and Naomi Tucker v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Garrity v. SununuCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Patricia Lynch v. Michael S. DukakisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- G.D. Etc. v. Westmoreland School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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