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Marty: High Court Botched School Suit

The (Idaho Supreme Court) has never insisted on a remedy, however. It's the equivalent of having a judge rule that the other side was wrong in a personal injury lawsuit and then allow them to leave without cutting you a check. The attorney for those schools (in their long-standing lawsuit), former Justice Robert Huntley of Boise, says he was told that the case was "over" and that the court had no intention of moving ahead. Taking the case to the federal courts didn't resolve the matter. Burdick says the case remains open. ... But Huntley, who donated huge sums of money and time to this cause, has run out of both. So there it sits. Nearly two decades of court battles and a Supreme Court ruling that says the state constitution is being violated. Noble words. No deeds/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Do you agree w/Marty Trillhaase that Judge John Bradbury is right and Justice Roger Burdick is wrong re: how the Idaho Supreme Court handled the long-running schools lawsuit?

D.F. Oliveria

D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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