BURRUSS v. WILKERSON

Civ. A. No. 68-C-13-H.

310 F.Supp. 572 (1969)

Robert P. BURRUSS, Virginia R. Burruss, James C. Tennant, James L. Tennant, et al. v. Woodrow W. WILKERSON, State Board of Education, et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Harrisonburg Division.

Decided May 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin S. Solomon, Commonwealth Atty., Bath County, Va., Hot Springs, Va., for plaintiffs.

Robert Y. Button, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richard N. Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., John S. Davenport, III, and Henry Wickham, Richmond, Va., for defendants.

Before BRYAN, Circuit Judge, and DALTON and MacKENZIE, District Judges.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Constitutional invalidity is laid in this suit to Virginia's statute1 establishing the scheme for distribution of the funds she provides for public education. Bath County suffers discrimination from the operation of this Act of the General Assembly, allege the plaintiffs as resident parents and school children, as well as property owners, there. Defendants are for the most part State officials whose functions...

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