Livingston Bd. of Educ. v. US Gypsum Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that school board could bring strict-liability action for costs of asbestos removal because board was not a commercial purchaser and asbestos created grave personal safety risk
• “[I]t is beyond doubt that school districts are state agencies fulfilling a state purpose.”
• although public schools are supported locally and school boards are chosen locally, schools receive state funding, so there “is no doubt that in constructing and maintaining public schools, a school district is acting in a governmental and not a proprietary capacity”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).