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LAWRENCE COUNTY v. LEAD-DEADWOOD SCHOOL DIST.

No. 83-240.

469 U.S. 256 (1985)

LAWRENCE COUNTY ET AL. v. LEAD-DEADWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40-1

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Raywid argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were John D. Seiver and Roger Tellinghuisen.

Deputy Solicitor General Claiborne argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Assistant Attorney General Habicht, Carolyn F. Corwin, Anne S. Almy, and Anne H. Shields.

A. P. Fuller argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee.*

Mark V. Meierhenry, Attorney General, and Mark Smith, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the State of South Dakota as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether a State may regulate the distribution of funds that units of local government in that State receive from the Federal Government in lieu of taxes under 31 U. S. C. § 6902. The Supreme Court of South Dakota sustained a state statute requiring local governments to spend these moneys in the same manner as they distribute taxes...

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