# Serrano v. Priest

> California Supreme Court · August 30, 1971 · 5 Cal. 3d 584

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9533261

## Case

- **Full name:** JOHN SERRANO, JR., Et Al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. IVY BAKER PRIEST, as State Treasurer, Etc., Et Al., Defendants and Respondents
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** August 30, 1971
- **Citations:** 5 Cal. 3d 584; 96 Cal. Rptr. 601; 487 P.2d 1241; 41 A.L.R. 3d 1187; 1971 Cal. LEXIS 273
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Sullivan, McComb
- **Cited by:** 481 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Superseded by statute, as recognized in Crawford v. Huntington Beach Union High School District.
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9533261

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the structure of the education funding system in California denied students equal protection
- noting several grounds for holding education to be a fundamental interest

## Opinion text

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.

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