Trustees of the Columbia Academy v. Board of Trustees of Richland County School District No. 1

Littlejohn, Justice:

This action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County on December 22, 1971, by the Trustees of the Columbia Academy (Academy) against *199the Board of Trustees of Richland County School District No. 1 (School District) and against the Attorney General, for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of Act No. 585 of the General Assembly, approved July 7, 1971. The issues before the Court at that time were finalized in the opinion of Mr. Justice Brailsford, reported in Trustees of Columbia Academy v. Board of Trustees of Richland County School District…