Papasan v. Allain

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1986-07-01

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Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, we consider the claims of school officials and schoolchildren in 23 northern Mississippi counties that they *268 are being unlawfully denied the economic benefits of public school lands granted by the United States to the State of Mississippi well over 100 years ago. Specifically, we must det…

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