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STATE EX REL. CONGER v. MADISON COUNTY

581 S.W.2d 632 (1979)

STATE of Tennessee, ex rel. Robert CONGER et al. v. MADISON COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Rice, Rice & Rice, Sidney W. Spragins, Jackson, for petitioners.

Hewitt P. Tomlin, Jr., George R. Fusner, Jr., Waldrop, Hall, Tomlin & Farmer, Jackson, for respondent Madison County.

Jack Manhein, Jackson, for respondent Transamerica Ins. Co.

Thomas E. Fox, Franklin, for Williamson County, amicus curiae.

Edward G. Kelly, Jr., Cobb, Edwards, Hamlet, Nichol & Woodall, Memphis, for Bd. of Ed., Memphis City Schools, amicus curiae.

Charles E. Griffith, Robert C. Evans, Griffith & Stokes, Nashville, for Tennessee Municipal League, et al., amicus curiae.

Charles A. Maner, Jr., Dale C. Workman, Knoxville, for Knox County and Judge C. Howard Bozeman, amicus curiae.

OPINION

HENRY, Chief Justice.

The principal issue before the Court is whether Federal Revenue Sharing Funds allocated to a county and, by its Quarterly Court, transferred to the County School Fund, must be apportioned with a special school district within the county under § 49-605, T.C.A.1 The Trial Judge responded in the affirmative; the Court of Appeals in the negative; we agree with the Court of Appeals.

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