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ASKEW v. HARGRAVE

No. 573.

401 U.S. 476 (1971)

ASKEW, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, ET AL. v. HARGRAVE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 8, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Miner, Jr., argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Rivers Buford, Jr., and Stephen Marc Slepin.

Hershel Shanks argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Allan I. Mendelsohn, Robert M. Perce, Jr., Richard H. Frank, and David Rubin.

William H. Adams III filed a brief for the Florida Education Research Foundation as amicus curiae urging reversal.

PER CURIAM.

In 1968, Florida enacted a new law for the financing of public education through state appropriations and local ad valorem taxes assessed by each school district. A section of the new law, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 236.251 (Supp. 1970), known as the "Millage Rollback Law," provided that, to be eligible to receive state moneys, a local school district must limit ad valorem taxes for school purposes to not more than 10 mills of assessed valuation...

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