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THOMPSON v. ENGELKING

No. 11534.

537 P.2d 635 (1975)

96 Idaho 793

Marba C. THOMPSON, Individually, et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. D.F. ENGELKING, as Superintendent of Public Instruction, et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Dissenting Opinion May 21, 1975.

Concurring Opinion June 11, 1975.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Anthony Park, Atty. Gen., James R. Hargis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for defendants and appellants.

John T. Hawley of Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, Boise, for plaintiffs and respondents.

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

In this appeal the Court is asked to determine the constitutionality of Idaho's present public elementary and secondary school financing system. The trial court determined that the present system, with its heavy reliance on the ad valorem property tax,1 violates Art. 9, Sec. 1, of the Idaho Constitution by failing to provide the requisite "uniform system of public schools." The trial court ordered the defendants...

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