Legal Opinion
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided January 31, 1997No. S-5513PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Borough), the Matanuska-Susitna School District (District), and several individual plaintiffs challenged Alaska public school funding laws, arguing that differences in treatment between regional educational attendance area (REAA) school districts1 and city and borough school districts, and among the non-REAA districts, violated their right to equal protection of the law under the state constitution. The superior court dismissed the equal protection claims on summary judgment, awarded attorney’s fees against the Borough and…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Nordlinger v. HahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Amador Valley Joint Union High School District v. State Board of EqualizationCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Isakson v. RickeyAlaska Supreme Court · 1976
- Alaska Pacific Assurance Co. v. BrownAlaska Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Evans Ex Rel. Kutch v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2002
- State, Department of Health & Social Services v. Planned Parenthood of Alaska, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 2001
- Heller v. State, Department of RevenueAlaska Supreme Court · 2013
- Alaska Civil Liberties Union v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2005
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