holding that the structure of the education funding system in California denied students equal protection
How later courts described this case
- holding that the structure of the education funding system in California denied students equal protection
- state’s general freedom to discriminate based on geographical basis will be significantly curtailed by the Equal Protection Clause
- orderly transition from an unconstitutional to a constitutional system of school financing
- echoing the United States Supreme Court's sentiments in Brown regarding the "fundamental" importance of education
Written by the judges who cited it.
Later courts went against this
Superseded by statute, as recognized in Crawford v. Huntington Beach Union High School District
5 Cal.3d 584, 608-609 , superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in Crawford v. Huntington Beach Union High School Dist. (2002) 98 Cal.App.4th 1275, 1286
The opinion
McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I. would affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Dunn in the opinion prepared by him for the Court of Appeal in Serrano v. Priest (Cal. App.) 89 Cal.Rptr. 345 .
Respondents’ petition for a rehearing was denied October 21, 1971, and the opinion was modified to read as printed above. McComb, J., was of the opinion that the petition should be granted.