Legal Opinion · Dissent
Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1974 PA 242
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 29, 1975No. 56354, (Calendar No. 9)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1DissentLevin, J.
By previous order,1 this Court granted the request of the Senate for an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of 1974 PA 242, § 18(3), which provides that each school district "shall purchase and loan or provide textbooks2 and supplies3 to all children of school age residing in such district and enrolled in grades 1-12” .4
The Attorney General, at the request of this Court, has briefed both sides of the question and five amicus briefs have been submitted.
A number of issues are raised.
I
We address first the scope of the issues properly before us.
The Constitution provides:
*52"Either house of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. NyquistSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Board of Ed. of Central School Dist. No. 1 v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1972 PA 294Michigan Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1974 PA 242Michigan Supreme Court · 1975