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ATHANSON v. GRASSO

Civ. No. 15074.

411 F.Supp. 1153 (1976)

George A. ATHANSON et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ella T. GRASSO, Governor of the State of Connecticut, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

March 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander A. Goldfarb, Corp. Counsel, Richard M. Cosgrove, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Peter G. Boucher, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Hartford, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Carl Ajello, Atty. Gen., F. Michael Ahern, David J. Della-Bitta, Asst. Attys. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for defendants.

Before SMITH, Circuit Judge, and CLARIE and BLUMENFELD, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

BLUMENFELD, District Judge:

This action challenges Connecticut's method of financing public education.* The gravamen of the complaint is that differences in the amount of property available for taxation in the several school districts throughout the state result in a heavier burden on Hartford taxpayers for expenditures per pupil for education. The plaintiffs claim that the State's statutory method of paying...

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