McCARTHY v. HORNBECK

Civ. No. H-82-1485.

590 F.Supp. 936 (1984)

Thomas McCARTHY, Rosario Munguia, Robert A. Diem, Gail Carson, Patricia Schwartz, Robert Lynch, Kathleen Lynch, John Miller, Thomas Cunningham, Jeanette Budny, Austin Barrows, David Bejshak and Philip Karpovich, Plaintiffs, v. David W. HORNBECK, Superintendent of Schools of the State of Maryland; Joanne T. Goldsmith, Lawrence A. Miller, G. George Asaki, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Albertine Thomas Lancaster, May Bolt, Verna Fletcher, Rosetta Kerr, Frederick Schoenbrodt, Members of the Maryland State Board of Education; Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury; William S. James, Treasurer of the State of Maryland; David A. Wagner, Administrator of the Mass Transit Administration; Lowell K. Bridwell, Secretary of Transportation of the State of Maryland; John L. Crew, Sr., Superintendent of Public Instruction for the City of Baltimore, Maryland; Board of School Commissioners of the City of Baltimore, Md.; Edward J. Anderson, Superintendent of Schools of Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Board of Education of Anne Arundel County, Maryland; Robert Y. Dubel, Superintendent of Schools, Baltimore County, Maryland; Board of Education of Baltimore County, Maryland; A.A. Roberty, Superintendent of Schools of the Board of Education of Harford County, Maryland; Board of Education of Harford County, Maryland; J. Edward Andrews, Superintendent of Schools of the Board of Education of Montgomery County, Maryland and Board of Education of Montgomery County, Maryland, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

July 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Tigges and Murphey, Young & Smith, Columbus, Ohio, and John J. Delaney and Linowes & Blocker, Silver Spring, Md., for plaintiffs.

Ellen M. Heller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., for defendant Hornbeck and for other State of Maryland defendants.

Ronald A. Karasic, Asst. City Sol., Baltimore, Md., for Baltimore City defendants.

Thomas J. Wohlgemuth and Smith & Wohlgemuth, Annapolis, Md., for Anne Arundel County defendants.

Donna P. Watts, Asst. County Atty., Towson, Md., for Baltimore County defendants.

Gerson B. Mehlman and Whiteford, Taylor, Preston, Trimble & Johnston, Baltimore, Md., for Harford County defendants.

David C. Hjortsberg and Reese & Carney, Ellicott City, Md., for Montgomery County defendants.


ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, District Judge.

In this civil action, plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of the system of transportation for nonpublic school children provided in the State of Maryland. Plaintiffs are parents of children who reside in various Maryland counties and who attend nonpublic, church-related schools. Named as defendants are the State Superintendent of Schools and various state and county officials, including the Superintendent and the Board...

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