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Argued March 31, 1970.
Decided June 23, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Rex E. Lee argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Robert J. Backstein and Alan K. Polley.
Fred H. Rosenfeld argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Ivan Robinettee.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General, Edward Donald Moseley, Harold B. Judell, and James Hugh Martin for the State of Louisiana; by Phillip H. Holm for the Parish School Board of Caddo Parish; by John F. Ward, Jr., Fred G. Benton, Jr., and Fred G. Benton, Sr., for the Louisiana School Boards Association; by Myles P. Tallmadge for Poudre School District R-1 of Larimer County, Colorado; and by Richard H. Frank for Elizabeth M. Axtell et al.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.
In Kramer v. Union Free School District,395 U.S. 621 (1969), this Court held that a State could not restrict the vote in school district elections to owners and lessees of real property and parents of school children because the exclusion of otherwise qualified voters was not shown to be necessary to promote a compelling state interest. This ruling, by its terms applicable...
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