Missouri Historical Society v. Academy of Science

How courts have described this case

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

• adopting a \substantial benefit doctrine\ that mirrors what we call the private attorney general doctrine
• fees sought following declaratory judgment that the state public education funding system was unconstitutional
• sovereign immunity impliedly waived in award of attorney’s fees from State where underlying case involving public’s constitutional right to adequate education was properly before court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).