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PAPASAN v. ALLAIN

No. 85-499.

478 U.S. 265 (1986)

106 S.Ct. 2932

92 L.Ed.2d 209

PAPASAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, ET AL. v. ALLAIN, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 1, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. H. Freeland III argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were T. H. Freeland IV and Orma R. Smith, Jr.

R. Lloyd Arnold, Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondents Allain et al. were Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Attorney General, pro se, and Robert E. Sanders, Special Assistant Attorney General. Constance Slaughter-Harvey filed a brief for respondents Molpus et al.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we consider the claims of school officials and schoolchildren in 23 northern Mississippi counties that they are being unlawfully denied the economic benefits of public school lands granted by the United States to the State of Mississippi well over 100 years ago. Specifically, we must determine to what extent these claims are barred by the Eleventh Amendment and...

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