Bowen v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 1969
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schmidt v. Payne · Madison County Board of Education v. Skinner · Board of Education of Clay County v. Bowling
Most-quoted passages
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““The board of education necessarily must be allowed some discretion in determining what is a reasonable walking distance in any particular situation, and the courts should not interfere unless the board has acted in an arbitrary and unreasonable manner in refusing to furnish transportation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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