Schohr v. Polk’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on California Employment Stabilization Commission v. Payne · 27 Cal. 2d 90 - Board of Social Welfare v. County of Los Angeles · 50 Cal. App. 2d 709 - Burger v. Hirni · 102 Cal. App. 266 - Slater v. Kesey
Most-quoted passages
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““The title to said chapter 16, division 2 of said code, ‘Optional Reorganization of School Districts by Electors,’ leaves small room for doubt regarding the purpose and intent behind its adoption. . . . Provision is first made for the creation of local survey committees to study their respective areas and formulate plans and recommendations for the unification or other reorganization of school districts within such areas. (§§4901-4904.) Next the resulting plans and recommendations, if any, of these local committees are to be reviewed by the State Board of Education, and, if approved by that board, notice shall be given to the local supervisors, and after public hearings are had, the proposal shall be voted upon at a special election held in the district or districts affected. (§§4911-4912.) Furthermore, if the majority of the electors vote in favor of the plans and recommendations, the board of supervisors of the county in which the area is located are to cause an entry of that fact to be entered in the minutes and the reorganization shall be deemed accomplished. (§4919.)””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““. . . chapter 16 established a new and additional procedure for accomplishing the same results that may be accomplished under procedures set forth in the older sections of the Education Code, and that the later procedure is not intended to replace entirely the older procedures, but may be used in lieu thereof, it is clear that the several procedures are not irreconcilable, ...””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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