Legal Opinion
Rhoades v. Abington Township School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 17, 1967No. Appeals, 175 and 176, Miscellaneous Docket 14PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Musmanno,
The Act of June 15, 1965,1 amending §1361 of the Public School Code of 1949,2 provides, inter alia: “When provision is made by a board of school directors for the transportation of resident pupils to and from the public schools, the board of school directors shall also make provision for the free transportation of pupils who regularly attend nonpublic elementary and high schools not operated for profit.”
On August 30, 1965, Brenard G. Rhoades and five others filed a suit in equity in Montgomery County, averring that the Act of June 15, 1965, known as Act No. 91,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Zorach v. ClausonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Attorney General v. School Committee of EssexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Payne v. KassabSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Board of Education v. BakalisIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- Spears v. HondaHawaii Supreme Court · 1968
- State Ex Rel. Hughes v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
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