Lake View Case Comes to an End at Long Last
The Arkansas Supreme Court issued the mandate to finally conclude the long-running Lake View case in Lake View Sch. Dist. No. 25 v. Huckabee, No. 01-836 (5/31/07). Public school funding is now in constitutional compliance.
This historic case was filed August 19, 1992 (to put in perspective, during Bill Clinton's last term as governor of Arkansas). The case achieved class action status in 1996 and produced a number of important decisions. Its significance was not lost on the Court--the opinion was signed individually by each participating justice. The Court gave its sincere thanks to the parties who had worked for so long on this case:
[W]e are now able to direct the issuance of the mandate in this case due to the hard work of the Masters, the General Assembly, and the executive branch. This court, the people of Arkansas, and the generations to come are indebted to them for their commitment to education.
