Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Lutjeharms
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 1989No. 87-754PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFahrnbruch, J.
This appeal seeks to have declared unconstitutional legislation requiring public school districts to purchase and loan textbooks to students in private schools. Textbook purchases would be funded through appropriations by Nebraska’s Legislature.
We find the legislation, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-4,118 (Reissue 1987), constitutional.
James R. Cunningham brought this action in the Lancaster County District Court, seeking to borrow fourth-grade textbooks for his daughter, Janelle C. Cunningham, from the Lincoln, Nebraska, public school district in which she resides. Janelle Cunningham attends St.…
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- Meek v. PittengerSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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