Legal Opinion

Liberty Consolidated School District v. Schindler

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 7, 1955No. 48766PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGarfield, J.

The most important question presented on this appeal is whether an existing consolidated school district which does not maintain an approved central sehool may be reduced below an area of 16 sections of land by the formation of a community school district under chapter 275, Code, 1954. We hold there may be such reduction.

Plaintiff Liberty Consolidated Sehool District consists of 18% sections of land in Marshall County. May 7, 1954, there was filed with defendant Schindler, superintendent of schools for Story County, a petition for reorganization of the Zearing Consolidated School District, to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. United States v. TynenSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Anderson v. City of Park RidgeIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  3. United States v. MorrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. People Ex Rel. Happell v. SischoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Robbins v. BeattySupreme Court of Iowa · 1954

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Rath v. Rath Packing CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
  2. Long v. Board of Supervisors of Benton CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
  3. State Ex Rel. Harberts v. Klemme Community School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1955
  4. Crawford v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
  5. State v. HalversonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967

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