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McDANIEL v. THOMAS

37611, 37612.

248 Ga. 632 (1981)

285 S.E.2d 156

McDANIEL et al. v. THOMAS et al.; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Alfred L. Evans, Jr., H. Perry Michael, Carol Atha Cosgrove, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants.

Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler & Martin, Warren C. Fortson, Bruce H. Beerman, amicus curiae.

Smith, Shaw, Maddox, Davidson & Graham, John M. Graham III, Long & Silverstein, David C. Long, Bennett, Wisenbaker, Bennett & Chapman, Barry R. Chapman, Tisinger, Tisinger & Vance, J. Thomas Vance, York, Cummings & McRae, Glenn T. York, Jr., for appellees.

SMITH, Justice.

The basic question presented by this case is whether the current system of funding public education in Georgia conforms to the mandates of our state constitution.

Plaintiff-appellees are parents, children and school officials who reside in school districts which, in relation to other school districts in the state, have a low property tax base.1 They brought a declaratory judgment action in the Superior Court of...

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