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BLASE v. STATE

Nos. 45273, 45301 cons.

55 Ill.2d 94 (1973)

302 N.E.2d 46

NICHOLAS B. BLASE, Appellant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS et al., Appellees. — GERALD L. SBARBORO, Appellant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, of Chicago (SHELDON GARDNER, Chief of Civil Division, and FREDRIC B. WEINSTEIN, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellant Richard J. Martwick.

RICHARD J. TROY, of Chicago, for appellant Nicholas B. Blase.

GERALD L. SBARBORO, pro se, appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield (HERBERT L. CAPLAN, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case concerns the meaning of the last sentence of section 1 of article X of the constitution of 1970, which reads: "The State has the primary responsibility for financing the system of public education." That provision is a new one in Illinois school law, and the question is whether, as the appellants assert, it requires...

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