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Attorney General ex rel. Sheehan v. Board of Education

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 1913No. Docket No. 6PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer and Murfin, JJ. Bill by the attorney general on the relation of John V. Sheehan and James F. Macauley against the Board of Education of the city of Detroit and others for an injunction restraining defendants from buying and selling high school text books. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.

A resolution of the board of education of the city of Detroit instructed the secretary of the board—

“To purchase a supply of such high school textbooks, as are not furnished free on the usual terms on which the board purchases text-books, sufficient to *439supply the needs of high school pupils during the first semester, and to arrange for the sale of the books at cost to high school pupils; the secretary to act in conjunction with the superintendent and the committee on text-books and course of study and finance.”

Bids for books to be furnished under this resolution were solicited. Asserting that…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Knabe v. Board of EducationMichigan Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hansen v. Independent School District No. 1Idaho Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Merryman v. School District No. 16Wyoming Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Long v. Board of Trustees of Ohio State UniversityOhio Court of Appeals · 1926
  4. Goodman v. School Dist. No. 1, City and County of DenverCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  5. Singer Architectural Servs. Co. v. DoyleMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977

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