<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued October 12, 1972 Decided March 21, 1973 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> San Antonio Independent School District, et al. v. Demetrio P. Rodriguez, et al . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 411 U.S. 1 (more) 93 S. Ct. 1278; 36 L. Ed . 2d 16; 1973 U.S. LEXIS 91 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> Judgment for plaintiffs, 337 F. Supp. 280 (W.D. Tex. (1971) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subsequent history </Th> <Td> Rehearing denied, 411 U.S. 959 (1973) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Reliance on property taxes to fund public schools does not violate the Equal Protection Clause even if it causes inter-district expenditure disparities . Absolute equality of education funding is not required and a state system that encourages local control over schools bears a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest . U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas reversed . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Warren E. Burger </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> William O. Douglas William J. Brennan Jr . Potter Stewart Byron White Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr . William Rehnquist </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Powell, joined by Burger, Stewart, Rehnquist, Blackmun </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Stewart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> White, joined by Douglas, Brennan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Marshall, joined by Douglas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Brennan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amend . XIV </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Argued October 12, 1972 Decided March 21, 1973 </Th> </Tr>

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