Table of Cases				
Case	Citation	State	Year	
Plessy v. Ferguson	163 U.S. 537, 163 U.S. 537	Louisiana	1896	
Cummings v Board of Education 	175 U. S. 528	Georgia	1899	
Berea College v. Commonwealth of Kentucky 	211 U. S. 45	Kentucky	1908	
Brown v. Board of Education (Brown I)	347 U.S. 483 (Brown I)	Virginia	1954	
Brown v. Board of Education (Brown II)	349 U.S. 294	Virginia	1955	
Green  v. County School Board	391 U. S. 430	Virginia	1968	
First Wave Cases				
McInnis v. Shapiro	293 F. Supp. 327	Illinois	1968	
Burrus v. Wilkerson	310 F. Supp 572 aff’d per curium, 397 U S 44, (1970)	Virginia	1969	
Serrano v. Priest  (Serrano I)	5 Cal. 3d 584, 487 P.2d 1241	California	1971	
Van Dusartz v. Hatfield 	334 F. Supp. 870	Minnesota	1971	
Yoder v. Wisconsin	406 U. S. 205	Wisconsin	1972	
Case	Citation	State	Year	
Blasé v. State	55 Ill. 2d 94, 302 N.E. 2d 46	Illinois	1973	
Keyes v. School district No. 1	413 U. S. 189	Colorado	1973	
Milliken v. Green	390 Mich. 389, 212 N. W. 2d 711	Michigan	1973	
San Antonio Independent School district v. Rodriquez	411 U. S. 1	Texas	1973	
Second Wave Cases				
Robinson v. Cahill (Robinson I)	62 N .J. 473, 303 A.2d 273	New Jersey	1973	
Shofstall v. Hollins	110 Ariz. 88, 515 P.2d 590	Arizona	1973	
Northshore School district No. 417 v. Kinnear	84 Wash. 2d 685, 530 P. 2d 178	Washington	1974	
State ex. rel. Woodahl v. Straub	161 Mont. 141, 520 P.2d 776	Montana	1974	
Hootch v. Alaska State Operated School System	536 P.2d 793	Alaska	1975	
Thompson v. Engelking	96 Idaho 793, 537 P.2d 635	Idaho	1975	
Buse v. Smith	74 Wis. 2d 550, 247 N. W. 2d 141	Wisconsin	1976	
Knowles v. State Board of Education	219 Kan. 271, 547 P.2d 699	Kansas	1976	
Olsen v. State ex. rel. Johnson	276 Ore. 9, 554 P. 2d 139	Oregon	1976	
Serrano v. Priest  (Serrano II)	18 Cal. 3d 728, 557 P.2d 929	California	1976	
Clowes v. Serrano  (Serrano II)	432 U.S. 907	California	1977	
Horton v. Meskill (Horton I)	172 Conn. 615, 376 A.2d 359	Connecticut	1977	
Milliken v. Bradley	433 U.S. 267, 287 	Michigan	1977	
Seattle School District No. 1 v. State of Washington	90 Wash. 2d 476, 585 P.2d 71	Washington	1978	
Case	Citation	State	Year	
Board of Education v. Walter	58 Ohio St. 2d 368, 390 N. E. 2d 813	Ohio	1979	
Danson v. Casey	484 Pa. 415, 399 A.2d 360	Pennsylvania	1979	
Pauley v. Bailey	255 S. E. 2d 859	West Virginia	1979	
Pauley v. Kelly	162 W. Va. 672, 225 S. E. 2d 859	West Virginia	1979	
Washakie County School district No. 1 v. Herschler	606 P.2d 310	Wyoming	1980	
Board of Education Levittown Union Free School District v. Nyquist	57 N. Y. 2d 127, 439 N.E. 2d 359	New York	1982	
Lujan v. Colorado State Board of Education	649 P.2d 1005	Colorado	1982	
McDaniel v. Thomas	248 Ga. 632, 285 S. E. 2d 156	Georgia	1982	
Dupree V. Alma School District No. 30 of Crawford County	279 Ark 340, 651 S. W. 2d 90	Arkansas	1983	
Hornbeck v. Somerset County Board of Education	295 Md. 597, 458 A.2d 758	Maryland	1983	
East Jackson Public Schools v. State of Michigan	133 Mich. App. 132, 348 N.W.2d 303	Michigan	1984	
Abbott v. Burke (Abbott I)	100 N. J. 269, 495 A.2d 376	New Jersey	1985	
Horton v. Meskill (Horton III)	195 Conn. 24, 486 A.2d 1099	Connecticut	1985	
Britt v. North Carolina State Board of Education	86 N. C. App 282, 357 S. E. 2d 432 aff’d mem. 320 N. C. 790, 361 S. E. 2d 71 	North Carolina	1987	
Fair School Finance Council of Oklahoma, Inc. v. State	746 P.2d 1135	Oklahoma	1987	
Richland County v. Campbell	294 S. C. 346 S. E. 2d.470	South Carolina	1988	
State ex rel. Boards of Education v. Chafin 	376 S.E.2d 113 	West Virginia	1988	
Third Wave Cases				
Rose v. Council for Better Education	790 S. W. 2d 186	Kentucky	1989	
Edgewood Independent School District v. Kirby (Edgewood I)	777 S. W. 2d 391, 33 Tex. Sup. J. 12. 	Texas	1989	
Helena Elementary School District No. One v. State of Montana	236 Mont. 44, 769 P.2d 684	Montana	1989	
Case	Citation	State	Year	
Kukor v. Grover	148 Wis. 2d 469, 436 N. W. 2d 568	Wisconsin	1989	
Abbott v. Burke (Abbott II)	119 N. J. 287, 575 A.2d 359	New Jersey	1990	
Board of Education of Oklahoma City v. Dowell	498 U. S. 237	Oklahoma	1991	
Coalition for Equitable School Funding, Inc v. State	311 Or. 300, 811 P.2d 116	Oregon	1991	
Mock v. Kansas	No. 91-CV-1009	Kansas	1991	
Freeman v. Pitts	503 U. S. 467	Georgia	1992	
Clarement School District v. Governor	138 N. H. 183, 635 A.2d 1375	New Hampshire	1993	
Gould v. Orr	224 Neb. 163, 506 N. W. 2d 349	Nebraska	1993	
Harper v. Hunt	624 So.2d 107	Alabama	1993	
Idaho Schools for Equal Educational Opportunity v. Evans	850 P.2d 724	Idaho	1993	
McDuffy v. Secretary of the Executive Office of Education	415 Mass 545, 615 N. E. 2d 516	Massachusetts	1993	
Skeen v. State	505 N. W. 2d 299	Minnesota	1993	
Tennessee Small School Systems v. McWherter	S. C. No. 01-S01-9209-CH-00101	South Carolina	1993	
Abbott v. Burke  (Abbott III)	136 N. J. 444, 643 A.2d 575	New Jersey	1994	
Bismark Public School District #1 v. State	511 N. W. 2d 24	North Dakota	1994	
Committee for Educational Equality v. State of Missouri	878 S.W.2d 446	Missouri	1994	
Roosevelt Elementary School District No. 66 v. Bishop	179 Ariz. 233, P.2d 806	Arizona	1994	
Scott v. Commonwealth	443 S.E.2d 138	Virginia	1994	
Case	Citation	State	Year	
Unified School District No. 229 v. State	256 Kan. 233	Kansas	1994	
Campbell County School District v. State	907 P.2d 1238	Wyoming	1995	
City of Pawtucket v. Sundlun	662 A.2d 40	Rhode Island	1995	
Reform Education Financing Inequities Today (R.E.F.I.T) v. Cuomo	86 N.Y.2d 279, 631 N.Y.S.2d 551	New York	1995	
School Administrative District No. 1 v. Commissioner 	659 A. 2d 854	Maine	1995	
Coalition for Adequacy and Fairness in School Funding v. Chiles	680 So. 2d 400	Florida	1996	
Committee for Educational Rights v. Edgar	174 Ill. 2d 1, 672 N.E. 2d 1178	Illinois	1996	
Sheff v. Oneill 	238 Conn. 1, 678 A.2d 1267	Connecticut	1996	
Tucker v. Lake View School District No. 25	323 Ark. 693, 917 S.W.2d 530 	Arkansas	1996	
Abbott v. Burke  (Abbott IV)	149 N. J. 145, 693 A.2d 417	New Jersey	1997	
Brigham v. State	166 Vt. 246, 692 A. 2d 384	Vermont	1997	
DeRolph v. State	Docket No. 95-2066, Ohio LEXIS 687	Ohio	1997	
Hull v. Albrecht	190 Ariz. 520, 950 P.2d 1141	Arizona	1997	
Leandro v. State of North Carolina	346 N.C. 336, 488 S.E.2d 249	North Carolina	1997	
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District v. Alaska	931 P.2d 391	Alaska	1997	
Abbott v. Burke  (Abbott V)	153 N. J. 480, 710 A.2d 450	New Jersey	1998	
Hull v Albrecht	192 Ariz. 34, 960 P.2d 634	Arizona	1998	
Idaho Schools for Equal Educational Opportunity	976 P.2d 913	Idaho	1998	
Case	Citation	State	Year	
Marrero v. Commonwealth 	709 A.2d 956 (Commonwealth Court)	Pennsylvania	1998	
Pennsylvania Association of Rural And Small Schools v. Commonwealth	Docket No. 11 M.D.1991 (Commonwealth Court)	Pennsylvania	1998	
Abbeville Co. School District v. State of South Carolina	335 S. C. 58, 515 S. E. 2d535 [SC 1999]	South Carolina	1999	
Hoke County Board of Education v. State	95 C. V. S. 1158, 2000 WL 1639686, slip op. at 30	North Carolina	2000	
Lake View School district No. 25 v. Huckabee	10 S. W. 3d 892	Arkansas	2000	
Vincent v. Voight	614 N. W. 2d 388	Wisconsin	2000	
Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York	187 Misc. 2d 1; 719 N. Y. S. 2d 475	New York	2001	

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Long, David.  (1999)  “Status of School finance Constitutional Litigation.”  Education Finance Statistics Center. [On-line] Available: http://nces.ed.gov/edfin/litigation/Status.asp.

Oden, Allan R. and Lawrence O. Picus.  (2000) School Finance: A Policy Perspective. New York: McGraw Hill. [On-line] Available: http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/odd/index.htm.

Opinion of the U. S. Supreme Court. Green et. al.. v. County School Board of New Kent County et. al.  Decided May 27, 1968. 

Reed, Douglas S.  (1996)  “Court-Ordered School Finance Equalization: Judicial Activism and Democratic Opposition.”  [On-line] Available: http://nces.ed/gov/pubs97/975335g.html.

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