Me. Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari to review a challenge to a 60% vote requirement to incur public debt as violative of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Constitution of West Virginia and certain West Virginia statutes provide that political subdivisions of the State may not incur bonded indebtedness or increase tax rates beyond those established by the…
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