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Local Government Liability Litigation: Numerical Nuances, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
Local Government Liability Litigation: Numerical Nuances, R. Perry Sentell Jr.
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Georgia local government law not only encompasses a forbidding substantive expanse; it occupies a dominating presence before the Georgia appellate courts. Those courts are called to resolve all manner of litigation erupting from citizen exposure to government at its first level. The controversies feature issues both recurring and unique; they represent nothing less than the essence of law in daily life. An annual effort to chronicle those controversies over a good number of years reveals two (among many) distinct facets. First, local government liability has consistently dwarfed all other litigated issues; and second, this pervading characteristic emits no signs of …
Education Finance Litigation: A Review Of Recent High Court Decisions And Their Likely Impact On Future Litigation, Anne Dupre, John Dayton, Christine Kiracofe
Education Finance Litigation: A Review Of Recent High Court Decisions And Their Likely Impact On Future Litigation, Anne Dupre, John Dayton, Christine Kiracofe
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This article addresses the impact that school funding litigation has had in shaping public schools across the United States. It serves as an update to a 2001 article titled Serrano and It’s Progeny: An Analysis of 30 Years of School Funding Litigation, which reviewed school funding litigation since the Serrano v. Priest decision. This article updates that research by providing brief reviews of the most recent and significant school funding litigation decisions, including the most recent decisions in Claremont v. Governor, James v. Alabama Coalition for Equality, Tennessee Small School Systems v. McWhorter, Lake View v. Huckabee, DeRolph v. …