486 F. Supp. 36 - Bennett v. Kline’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
July 1991
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Everson v. Board of Education · Hicks v. Miranda · Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Most-quoted passages
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“A constitutional consideration would arise only if the cost of transportation for the students attending sectarian schools was so disproportionate that it became apparent that the transportation provided to the public school youngster was merely a ruse to confer a benefit to the sectarian school pupil.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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