Legal Opinion

Morgan Cty. Bd. of Ed. v. Ala. Public School

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 1, 1978No. 77-264PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a dispute between the Morgan County Board of Education and the City of Hartselle Board of Education over state funds allocated to Morgan County, which allegedly have been unlawfully diverted to Hartselle. The dispute arises from the fact that the City of Hartselle, once a part of the Morgan County school system, established its own city school system in 1975.

Morgan County filed an action for declaratory judgment seeking construction of Act 1277, Acts of Alabama, 1973 Regular and Special Sessions, Vol. IV, p. 2181. Both Morgan County and Hartselle moved for summary judgment. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Age-Herald Pub. Co. v. HuddlestonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  2. Drake v. Pennsylvania Threshermen & Farmers' Mutual Casualty Ins.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1957
  3. State ex rel. School District Number 87 v. ShuckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
  4. Sunol School District v. ChipmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Board of Education v. DeckerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1915

3Cited by38 opinions

  1. City of Bessemer v. McClainSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
  2. John Deere Co. v. GambleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
  3. Advertiser Co. v. HobbieSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  4. Clark v. Houston County Com'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  5. Pace v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991

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