Legal Opinion
State v. Garber
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided November 5, 1966No. 44,583PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Harman, C.:
This appeal involves the construction and constitutionality of our compulsory school attendance law as applied to the Amish people.
The action was commenced in the district court of Reno County, Kansas, by the filing of an information charging that defendant LeRoy Garber failed on or about October 18, 1965, to require his fifteen year old daughter, Sharon Garber, then under his control, to attend continuously a public school or a private, denominational or parochial school taught by a competent instructor, in violation of K. S. A. 1965 Supp.…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Zorach v. ClausonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Davis v. BeasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- In the Interest of CooperSupreme Court of Kansas · 1981
- Delconte v. StateSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
- Powers v. State Department of Social WelfareSupreme Court of Kansas · 1972
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