papasan allain argued april decided july federal school land grants mississippi early century apply lands northern mississippi held chickasaw indian nation area came northern counties state chickasaws thereafter ceded area treaty lands sold lands public schools sixteenth section lands reserved sale congress provided reservation lands lieu lieu lands sixteenth section lands reserved chickasaw cession vesting title lieu lands state use schools within cession lieu lands given state state legislature however sold chickasaw cession lieu lands invested proceeds loans railroads later destroyed civil war never replaced current mississippi statute remaining sixteenth section lieu lands constitute property held trust benefit public schools another state statute provides funds derived sixteenth section lieu lands shall credited school districts township sixteenth section lands located lieu lands belong shall expended except education children school district lands belong consequently proceeds sixteenth section lieu lands allocated directly township lands located lands apply respect chickasaw cession counties lands belong state legislature paid interest lost principal acquired sale lands form annual appropriations chickasaw cession schools dual treatment resulted disparity level school funds sixteenth section lands available chickasaw cession schools compared schools rest state average sixteenth section income per pupil latter schools much greater average income per pupil former schools petitioner local school officials schoolchildren chickasaw cession filed suit federal district respondent state officials challenging disparity sixteenth section funds alleging sale chickasaw cession school lands unwise investment proceeds abrogated state trust obligation hold lands benefit chickasaw cession schoolchildren perpetuity disparity deprived schoolchildren minimally adequate level education equal protection laws declaratory relief sought district dismissed complaint holding claims barred inter alia eleventh amendment appeals affirmed holding although equal protection claim asserted current ongoing disparate distribution state funds support local schools remedy barred eleventh amendment dismissal complaint proper since differential funding unconstitutional san antonio independent school dist rodriguez held petitioners trust claims barred eleventh amendment even petitioners characterization legal wrong breach continuing obligation comply trust obligations substantive difference liability past breach trust continuing obligation meet trust responsibilities asserted petitioners edelman jordan cases trustee required past loss trust corpus use resources take place corpus lost income corpus thus petitioners trust claim like claim rejected edelman may sustained pp petitioners equal protection claim barred eleventh amendment alleged ongoing constitutional violation state unequal distribution benefits school lands precisely type continuing violation remedy may permissibly fashioned ex parte young essence equal protection claim present disparity distribution benefits assets state past actions pp assertion complaint petitioners deprived minimally adequate education legal conclusion rather factual allegation must accepted true consequently focusing funding disparities properly pleaded appeals properly determined rodriguez dictates applicable standard review alleged differential treatment violates equal protection rationally related legitimate state interest appeals incorrectly determined however rodriguez controlled case rodriguez purport validate funding variations might result state public school funding decisions held merely variations resulted allowing local control local property tax funding public schools constitutionally permissible case case different rodriguez differential financing attributable state decision divide state resources unequally among school districts nevertheless question remains whether variations benefits received school districts sixteenth section lieu lands allegations complaint matter law rationally related legitimate state interest question resolved appeals remand crucial consideration resolving question whether federal law requires state allocate economic benefits school lands schools townships lands located matter federal law state choice matter whether complaint equal protection claim depends whether federal policy violative equal protection clause state may enjoined implementing policy federal law valid state bound provides rational reason funding disparity pp white delivered opinion joined parts iii brennan marshall blackmun stevens joined part ii burger powell rehnquist joined brennan filed opinion concurring part concurring judgment part dissenting part marshall blackmun stevens joined post blackmun filed opinion concurring part dissenting part post powell filed opinion concurring part dissenting part burger rehnquist joined post freeland iii argued cause petitioners briefs freeland iv orma smith lloyd arnold assistant attorney general mississippi argued cause respondents brief respondents allain et al edwin lloyd pittman attorney general pro se robert sanders special assistant attorney general constance filed brief respondents molpus et al justice white delivered opinion case consider claims school officials schoolchildren northern mississippi counties unlawfully denied economic benefits public school lands granted state mississippi well years ago specifically must determine extent claims barred eleventh amendment respect claims barred whether complaint sufficient withstand motion dismiss failure state claim history public school lands stretches back years even ratification constitution congress confederation initiated practice regard northwest territory followed public lands eventually became admitted union particular land ordinance provided survey sale northwest territory reserved lot every township maintenance public schools within said township laws eastern portion northwest territory became state ohio congress granted ohio lands previously reserved ordinance use public schools state stat following ohio example reserving lands maintenance public schools grants made common school purposes admitted union years grants every section sixteen thereafter sections sixteen instances additional sections granted andrus utah quoting morrison footnotes omitted thus basic ohio example followed respect admitted since powell dissenting addition school lands designated manner congress made provision townships pertinent section sections available one reason another thus congress generally indemnified missing designated sections allowing select lands amount equal lieu designated unavailable lands see ch stat see generally andrus utah supra morrison supra although basic pattern school lands grants generally consistent state state terms reservation grant lands specific provisions grants varied state time see generally hibbard history public land policies example indiana alabama school lands expressly granted inhabitants townships directly see stat indiana stat alabama grants school lands given instead explicitly designated use townships lay see stat mississippi stat stat arkansas michigan grant hand simply state use schools see stat type grant used michigan granting lands state use schools generally became norm see stat wisconsin stat oregon finally recent grants phrased outright gifts specific use instead express trusts grants also stated support schools generally addition though grants state specifically designated trustee explicit restrictions management disposition lands trust federal government expressly retains ongoing oversight responsibility see stat arizona new mexico history school lands grants mississippi generally follows pattern thus described congress created mississippi territory included southern third mississippi alabama stat congress provided sale survey mississippi territory lands indian title extinguished excepted section number sixteen shall reserved township support schools within stat mississippi territory extended northward southern boundary tennessee stat two years later congress authorized selection lands lieu unavailable sixteenth sections territory stat eventually mississippi admitted state land sales act provided survey sale lands northern part new state covered act act provided lands surveyed divided manner provided law surveying public lands mississippi territory thus act required section township shall reserved support schools therein stat sixteenth section lands lands selected lieu thereof granted state mississippi see lambert state miss terms however acts apply lands northern mississippi held chickasaw indian nation area essentially comprising came northern counties state land held chickasaws ceded treaty pontiac creek stat although treaty provided land surveyed sold manner terms conditions public lands sixteenth section lands reserved sale city corinth robertson miss congress attempted remedy oversight providing reservation lands lieu sixteenth section lands vesting title lands state mississippi use schools within chickasaw cession said state stat chickasaw cession lieu lands acres app selected given state however authority expressly given congress stat state legislature sold lands invested proceeds approximately app loans state railroads miss laws ch railroads state investment unfortunately subsequently destroyed civil war never replaced historical circumstances current practice mississippi regard sixteenth section lands evolved directly state law lands still apparently held large part state constitute property held trust benefit public schools must treated miss code ann supp providing operation trusts legislature retained historical tie lands particular townships terms trust administration beneficiary status thus state delegated management property local school boards throughout state sixteenth section lands lie within school district lieu lands originally appropriated township lies within school district board education district control jurisdiction said school trust lands funds arising disposition thereof heretofore hereafter made ibid respect board education general supervision state land commissioner ibid state statute set forth certain prescriptions management lands see generally miss code ann supp important purposes case however miss code ann supp provides expendable funds derived sixteenth section lieu lands shall credited school districts township sixteenth section lands may located sixteenth sections lieu lands may belong funds shall expended except purpose education educable children school district belong otherwise may provided law result dual treatment many years disparity level school funds sixteenth section lands available chickasaw cession schools compared schools remainder state example legislative appropriation chickasaw cession resulted estimated average per pupil income relative sixteenth section substitute appropriation per pupil average sixteenth section income rest state comparison estimated per pupil disparity gave rise present action petitioners local school officials schoolchildren chickasaw cession filed suit district northern district mississippi respondents assortment state officials challenging disparity sixteenth section funds petitioners complaint traced history public school lands mississippi characterizing illegal several actions resulted sixteenth section lands chickasaw cession area particular petitioners asserted sale chickasaw cession school lands unwise investment proceeds sale abrogated state trust obligation hold lands benefit chickasaw cession schoolchildren perpetuity result actions said petitioners disparity financial support available chickasaw cession schools schools state disparity turn allegedly deprived chickasaw cession schoolchildren minimally adequate level education equal protection laws based allegations petitioners sought various forms relief breach trust regarding chickasaw cession sixteenth section lands denial equal protection specifically complaint sought declaration state legislation purporting implement sale chickasaw cession school lands void unenforceable establishment legislative appropriation otherwise fund suitable amount held perpetual trust benefit plaintiffs alternative making available plaintiffs lieu lands value original chickasaw cession sixteenth section lands district dismissed complaint holding claims barred applicable statute limitations eleventh amendment constitution appeals fifth circuit affirmed papasan agreeing relief requested complaint barred eleventh amendment nothing federal dismiss constitutional complaint seeks one remedy rather another plainly appropriate one holt civic club tuscaloosa however appeals deemed equal protection claim assert current ongoing disparate distribution state funds support local schools remedy barred eleventh amendment even found dismissal complaint proper since differential funding unconstitutional decision san antonio independent school dist rodriguez granted certiorari vacate judgment appeals remand proceedings ii first consider whether eleventh amendment bars petitioner claims required dismissal complaint amendment provides judicial power shall construed extend suit law equity commenced prosecuted one citizens another state citizens subjects foreign state state one agencies departments named defendant state official named instead eleventh amendment status suit less straightforward ex parte young held suit enjoin unconstitutional state official action barred amendment holding based determination unconstitutional state enactment void action state official purportedly authorized enactment taken official capacity since state authorization action nullity explained young act state attorney general seeks enforce violation federal constitution officer proceeding enactment comes conflict superior authority constitution case stripped official representative character subjected person consequences individual conduct state power impart immunity responsibility authority young however insulate eleventh amendment challenge every suit state official named defendant accordance original rationale young applies underlying authorization upon named official acts asserted illegal see cory white foreclose eleventh amendment challenge official action asserted illegal matter state law alone see pennhurst supra case federal supremacy implicated state official acting contrary state law also described certain types cases formally meet young requirements state official acting inconsistently federal law stretch case far upset balance federal state interests embodies young applicability tailored conform precisely possible specific situations necessary permit federal courts vindicate federal rights hold state officials responsible authority pennhurst supra quoting young supra consequently young focused cases violation federal law state official ongoing opposed cases federal law violated one time period time past well cases relief state official directly ends violation federal law opposed cases relief intended indirectly encourage compliance federal law deterrence directly meet interests compensation noted remedies designed end continuing violation federal law necessary vindicate federal interest assuring supremacy law compensatory deterrence interests insufficient overcome dictates eleventh amendment green mansour citation omitted relief essence serves compensate party injured past action state official official capacity illegal federal law barred even state official named defendant true relief expressly denominated damages see ford motor department treasury indiana also true relief tantamount award damages past violation federal law even though styled something else see green mansour supra edelman jordan hand relief serves directly bring end present violation federal law barred eleventh amendment even though accompanied substantial ancillary effect state treasury see milliken bradley edelman supra eleventh amendment purposes line permitted prohibited suits often indistinct difference type relief barred eleventh amendment permitted ex parte young many instances day night edelman supra compare quern jordan green mansour supra discerning side line particular case falls look substance rather form relief sought see edelman supra guided policies underlying decision ex parte young petitioners claim federal grants school lands state mississippi created perpetual trust state trustee benefit public schools relying alamo land cattle arizona lassen arizona ex rel arizona highway petitioners contend chool lands trusts impose specific burdens obligations well state officials act trustees include preserving corpus maximizing income corpus lost converted wrongfully continuing payment appropriate income indefinitely brief petitioners idea last obligation exists gleaned prior judicial construction school lands grants instead alleged federal rules purportedly govern trusts petitioners rely asserted continuing obligation contending seek prospective injunctive remedy permissible ex parte young requiring state officials meet continuing federal obligation providing chickasaw cession schools appropriate trust income begin clear school lands grants mississippi created binding trust respondents fact contend school lands given state fee simple absolute binding federal obligation imposed see alabama schmidt cooper roberts even petitioners legal characterization accepted trust claims barred eleventh amendment distinction continuing obligation part trustee ongoing liability past breach trust essentially formal distinction sort rejected edelman appeals upheld award equitable restitution state official requiring payment plaintiff class aabd benefits wrongfully withheld found contrary retroactive award monetary relief practical effect indistinguishable many aspects award damages state characterization case legal wrong continuing withholding accrued benefits similar petitioners characterization legal wrong breach continuing obligation comply trust obligations discern substantive difference liability past breach trust continuing obligation meet trust responsibilities asserted petitioners cases trustee required past loss trust corpus use resources take place corpus lost income corpus even petitioners seeking payment amount equal income lost corpus payment merely substitute return trust corpus continuing payment income lost corpus essentially equivalent economic terms restoration lost corpus substance award continuing income rather lump sum accrued monetary liability milliken bradley quoting edelman thus hold petitioners trust claim like claim rejected edelman may sustained appeals held however petitioners equal protection claim barred eleventh amendment agree ruling complaint asserted aforesaid past present future deprivations plaintiffs plaintiff class use benefits sixteenth section lands time granting securing school districts school children state mississippi perpetuity use benefit sixteenth section lands state defendants deliberately intentionally purposefully design denied plaintiffs plaintiff class equal protection laws violation rights secured fourteenth amendment constitution app alleged ongoing constitutional violation unequal distribution state benefits state school lands precisely type continuing violation remedy may permissibly fashioned young may current disparity results directly actions past subject petitioners trust claims essence equal protection allegation present disparity distribution benefits assets past actions state remedy eliminate current disparity even remedy might require expenditure state funds ensure compliance future substantive determination rather bestow award accrued monetary liability milliken supra quoting edelman supra claim fact essential respects equal protection claim relief approved milliken consequently agree appeals eleventh amendment bar relief necessary correct current violation equal protection clause claim may properly dismissed basis iii question remains whether petitioners equal protection claim although barred eleventh amendment legally insufficient properly dismissed failure state claim see fed rule civ proc bound purposes review take factual allegations complaint true miree dekalb county kugler helfant scheuer rhodes cruz beto gardner toilet goods construing facts relevant facts obtained public record light favorable petitioners must ascertain whether state claim relief granted rodriguez upheld equal protection challenge texas system financing public schools funds public schools derived two main sources approximately half funds came texas minimum foundation school program state program aimed guaranteeing certain level minimum education children state remainder funds came local sources particular local property taxes result dual funding system specifically result differences amounts collected local property taxes substantial inter district disparities school expenditures found varying degrees throughout state examining equal protection status disparities declined apply heightened scrutiny based either wealth suspect classification education fundamental right latter recognized importance public education noted education among rights afforded explicit protection federal constitution however foreclose possibility identifiable quantum education constitutionally protected prerequisite meaningful exercise either right speak right vote given absence radical denial educational opportunity concluded state school financing scheme constitutional bore rational relationship legitimate state purpose applying standard dual texas system deemed reasonably structured accommodate two separate forces desire members society educational opportunity children desire family provide best education afford children assuring basic education every child state permits encourages large measure participation control district schools local level quoting coleman foreword strayer haig financing education state new york vii almost years later considered equal protection status administration taxes public schools time relation state decision expend state funds education children legally admitted plyler doe however measurably change approach articulated rodriguez reiterated education fundamental right concluded undocumented aliens suspect class nevertheless concluded justifications discrimination offered state wholly insubstantial light costs involved children state nation complaint case asserted simply petitioners denied right minimally adequate education also right fundamental right infringed state action reviewed strict scrutiny app rodriguez plyler indicate yet definitively settled questions whether minimally adequate education fundamental right whether statute alleged discriminatorily infringe right accorded heightened equal protection review case require resolution issues although purposes motion dismiss must take factual allegations complaint true bound accept true legal conclusion couched factual allegation see briscoe lahue aff grounds see generally moore lucas moore federal practice petitioners allegation reason funding disparities relating sixteenth section lands deprived minimally adequate education allegation petitioners allege schoolchildren chickasaw counties taught read write allege receive instruction even educational basics allege actual facts support assertion deprived minimally adequate education see bound credit may disregard allegation petitioners denied minimally adequate education concentrating instead disparities terms sixteenth section lands benefits complaint fact alleged documented public record persuaded appeals properly determined rodriguez dictates applicable standard review differential treatment alleged constitutes equal protection violation rationally related legitimate state interest applying test appeals concluded historical roots aside essence petitioners claim attack mississippi system financing public education reasoned inevitability disparities income derived real estate managed administered locally rodriguez supplied rationale disparities alleged begin disagree appeals apparent understanding crux petitioners claim read complaint petitioners challenge overall organization mississippi public school financing program instead challenge restricted one aspect program sixteenth section lieu lands funding allegations complaint center around disparities distribution particular benefits allegations concerning disparities public school funding programs included consequently different claim claim made rodriguez rodriguez contention state overall system funding unconstitutionally discriminatory examined basic structure system concluded rationally related legitimate state purpose reaching conclusion necessarily found funding disparities resulting differences local taxes acceptable related state goal allowing measure effective local control school funding levels rodriguez however purport validate funding variations might result state public school funding decisions held merely variations resulted allowing local control local property tax funding public schools constitutionally permissible case petitioners claim goes neither overall funding system local ad valorem component system instead goes solely sixteenth section lieu lands portion state public school funding claim unpersuaded rodriguez resolves equal protection question favor state allegations complaint state distributing income sixteenth section lands lieu lands funds unequally among school districts detriment chickasaw cession schools students sixteenth section lieu lands mississippi granted held state state law lands constitute property held trust benefit public schools must treated miss code ann supp carrying trust state vested management lands local school boards throughout state supervision secretary state credited income lands school districts township sixteenth section lands may located sixteenth section lieu lands may belong income used purpose educating children school district otherwise may provided law miss code ann supp case therefore different rodriguez differential financing available school districts traceable school district funds available local real estate taxation state decision divide state resources unequally among school districts rationality disparity rodriguez therefore rested fact funding disparities based differing local wealth necessary adjunct allowing meaningful local control school funding settle constitutionality disparities alleged case differ appeals respect nevertheless question remains whether variations benefits received school districts sixteenth section lieu lands allegations complaint matter law rationally related legitimate state interest believe however pursue issue instead remand case proceedings neither appeals parties addressed equal protection issue think posed case given state title assets granted federal government use state schools equal protection clause permit distribute benefit assets unequally among school districts crucial consideration resolving issue whether federal law requires state allocate economic benefits school lands schools townships lands located matter federal law state choice matter whether complaint equal protection claim depends whether federal policy violative clause state may properly enjoined implementing policy contrariwise federal law valid state bound provides rational reason funding disparity neither courts parties addressed equal protection issue terms another possible consideration resolving equal protection issue school lands require management state assigned task individual districts lands located subject supervision state significance equal protection terms allocation duties justifying assigning income exclusively perform management function none districts lands manage matter best addressed lower courts first instance accordingly judgment appeals affirmed insofar affirmed dismissal petitioners breach trust related claims respect affirmance district dismissal equal protection claim judgment appeals vacated case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered footnotes northwest territory obtained virtue cessions western land claims original include land south canada north ohio river east mississippi river west original gates history public land law development land ordinance also initiated practice first applied northwest territory applied territories acquired thereafter point ohio river crosses pennsylvania border line principal meridian run base line geographer line surveyed parallel lines longitude latitude surveyed miles apart making townships square miles acres township divided lots one mile square containing acres lots called section section numbered reserved public schools sixteenth section precise reasons practice somewhat unclear seems likely combination overall practice encouraging education congressional desire accelerate disposition western lands higher price policy trying put sort par original terms taxable property since federal land large portion new taxable see generally andrus utah powell dissenting gates supra hibbard history public land policies least alabama however technical grant lands inhabitants township apparently interpreted vesting legal title state see alabama schmidt pursuant miss code ann effective january words state land commissioner mean secretary state see note following miss code ann supp case pending appeals state legislature passed statute providing increased sixteenth section appropriations chickasaw cession schools miss laws house bill ch statute million appropriated purpose amount increase million year reached maximum million fiscal year thereafter even offices mississippi state auditor secretary state estimated additional funds million required bring chickasaw cession funding level average sixteenth section funding rest state basis app complaint also alleged denial due process unconstitutional impairment contractual obligations taking without compensation ninth amendment claim additional claims petitioners press claim since claim essential respects petitioners trust claim eleventh amendment purposes disposition trust claim infra governs claim well complaint petitioners also sought relief various federal officials alleging breach promise fund chickasaw cession trust failure keep state mississippi wasting trust assets district dismissed claims barred sovereign immunity laches statutes limitations petitioners appeal dismissal dismissed joint stipulation thus issues involving federal defendants remain case state may consent sued federal clark barnard however clear mississippi expressly declined consent see miss laws ch state official sued held liable individual capacity however even damages may awarded see scheuer rhodes even binding trust petitioners point authority relating specifically school lands trusts support contention obligation pay income continues even though trust corpus lost see brief petitioners addition even assertion obligation imposed matter common law unsupported may true trust beneficiary normally time barred suing trustee breach trust loss corpus time trustee expressly repudiates trust see benedict new york city mean continuing affirmative obligation part trustee respect trust corpus income opposed merely liability past breach trust may still acted upon restatement example seems adopt latter view trust created whole trust property ceases exist trustee longer holds anything trust case trustee personal liability beneficiary committed breach trust causing allowing trust property cease exist sold trust property lent trust funds permitted terms trust case trustee insolvent beneficiary entitled priority general creditors trustee mean however owes duties beneficiary except duties debtor owes creditor tortfeasor person wronged still fiduciary relation beneficiary properly purchase interest beneficiary without making full disclosure circumstances known affecting transaction transaction must fair beneficiary set aside restatement second trusts comment citations omitted fact petitioners sought merely income also restoration trust corpus award past income received interest income app respondents contend petitioners sued state officials grant relief requested see brief respondents allain et al note however respondent secretary state state statute responsible general supervision administration local school officials sixteenth section lieu lands see miss code ann supp extent respondent secretary state acting manner violates equal protection clause actions may enjoined ex parte young instead noted indication present levels educational expenditures texas provide education falls short hypothesized constitutional prerequisite whatever merit appellees argument might state financing system occasioned absolute denial educational opportunities children argument provides basis finding interference fundamental rights relative differences spending levels involved true present case charge fairly made system fails provide child opportunity acquire basic minimum skills necessary enjoyment rights speech full participation political process justice powell contends fact overall system school financing similar approved rodriguez provides another reason dismiss petitioners claims post rodriguez however merely upheld overall structure texas public school financing component system allowing variations fundings due local taxation read rodriguez validating disparities might occur system overall structure similar approved case justice powell asserts discrepancies sixteenth section lieu lands funding unconstitutional sixteenth section payments insignificant part total payments sources made mississippi school districts post thus justice powell seems envision sort threshold level effect terms overall school revenues necessary equal protection clause strictures become binding petitioners however limited challenging discrimination sixteenth section lieu lands funding program program fact separated sources public school funding state administration see miss code ann et seq supp accounting purposes see mississippi state department education annual report state superintendent public education indication levels benefits received school lands manner correlated funds received sources see miss code ann et seq supp cf post situation decline dissent invitation look school receipts overall also decline append general requirements equal protection cause action additional threshold effects requirement question make following observations starting point consideration question must federal grants clear interest transferred state depends federal laws transferred interest see california ex rel state lands citing borax consolidated los angeles federal law provided transfer absolute fee interest lands owned outright state hand federal law created trust state trustee state bound comply terms trust possible conclusions finds support prior cases cooper roberts example approved sale school lands granted state michigan even congress expressly authorized sale stating grant state directly without limitation power though sacred obligation imposed public faith adopted reasoning alabama schmidt approved application alabama adverse possession laws school lands argument state interest extinguished manner terms grant lands longer used support schools title revert relying cooper concluded gift state absolute although doubt said cooper sacred obligation imposed public faith obligation honorary citations omitted see also stuart easton cited schmidt supra mere expression purpose debase fee quoting kerlin campbell thus interpretations earlier grants conceived grants conveying fee interest see also brooks koonce per curiam sloan blytheville special school dist ark relying cooper schmidt dismiss challenge local school board use proceeds local sixteenth section lands benefit state large hand cases interpreting recent grants found explicit trust obligation although worth nothing none grants included provision similar issue provided lands general benefit schools state however errien example upheld lower decision enjoining breach trust use new mexico public lands commissioner sixteenth section proceeds purpose one purposes enumerated grant thus held circumstances phrase breach trust meant grantor lands impose conditions upon use right exact performance conditions recently lassen arizona ex rel arizona highway interpreted enforced terms arizona school lands grant noting grant involved expressly requires attorney general maintain whatever proceedings may necessary enforce terms see also alamo land cattle arizona thus indicated school lands grants create express trusts held grants create trusts although never enforced provision provision issue never discussed relationship two sets cases possible variation results stems facts terms grants varied time see lassen supra thus earlier grants give grantee absolute fee interests later grants created actual enforceable trusts hand may petitioners correct asserting substance grants see referring express trust provisions new mexico arizona enabling act nothing new principle noting many years custom specify purposes grants lands made incoming place express restrictions upon mode disposing perhaps properly viewed nature solemn agreement ways may analogized contract private parties andrus utah perhaps conditions grants still enforceable although possibly third parties may case even though federal defendants disavowed position arguing cooper schmidt control recent cases distinguishable involve express trusts see reply brief federal defendants nd miss pp justice brennan justice marshall justice blackmun justice stevens join concurring part concurring judgment part dissenting part although join parts iii opinion agree result part join parts reasons stated dissent atascadero state hospital scanlon brennan dissenting makes valiant effort set forth principles determine whether particular claim barred eleventh amendment see ante mind restatement simply underscores implausibility entire venture clearly demonstrates eleventh amendment jurisprudence consists little number ad hoc unmanageable rules bearing little relation one another coherent framework indeed best efforts impose order cases area produced conclusion eleventh amendment purposes line permitted prohibited suits often indistinct ante hodgepodge produces positive benefits society effect impair prevent effective enforcement federal law highly unlikely created system federal law framers constitution eleventh amendment nonetheless intended law unenforceable broad class cases barred precedents fact demonstrated last term atascadero framers intended thing magnitude mistake increased changes taken place law society since hans louisiana took first step path national government federal law play much important role protecting rights individuals today stare decisis support continued adherence unfortunate doctrine stare decisis indeed force reckoned although felt particularly constrained stare decisis expanding protective mantle sovereign immunity see pennhurst state school hospital halderman stevens dissenting atascadero state hospital scanlon supra stevens dissenting however chief justice taney observed authority construction constitution ultimately depend altogether force reasoning supported passenger cases dissenting opinion eleventh amendment jurisprudence supported history sound legal reasoning simply bad law matters great institutional importance stare decisis must yield justice blackmun concurring part dissenting part today holds petitioners breach trust claims barred eleventh amendment agree petitioners claim mississippi breached legal obligations placed federal law agree justice brennan eleventh amendment never intended bar suits ante brennan concurring part concurring judgment part dissenting part even eleventh amendment normally bar suits state citizens believe state willingly accepts substantial benefit federal government waives immunity eleventh amendment consents suit intended beneficiaries federal assistance see green mansour blackmun dissenting atascadero state hospital scanlon blackmun dissenting edelman jordan marshall dissenting enabling act gave mississippi benefits statehood including protections afforded eleventh amendment expressly incorporated northwest ordinance required reservation lands benefit public education see act mar stat act giving mississippi chickasaw cession lieu lands expressly provided lands held upon terms conditions respects said state holds lands heretofore reserved use schools said state act july stat neither district appeals addressed nature conditions federal government placed upon mississippi use lieu lands notes discussing petitioners equal protection claims federal government may intended bind mississippi use lands solely benefit schoolchildren particular township school lands originally attached ante moreover mississippi apparently concluded matter state law school lands constitute property held trust benefit public schools must treated miss code ann supp thus fuller consideration actual terms federal government conveyed lieu lands mississippi might reveal state waived immunity suit absent eleventh amendment bar complaint survive motion dismiss petitioners made several allegations read fairly suggest mississippi use lieu lands solely benefit chickasaw cession schoolchildren claim state leased lieu lands minimal sum converted lease holds outright ownership without payment additional consideration invested entire proceeds generated disposition lieu lands railroad stock decided pay interest hypothetical fund created replace lost lieu lands proceeds believe assertions must taken true stage proceedings sufficiently articulate claim state legislature acted aid interests land speculators railroads economic development entire state expense chickasaw cession children violation trust obligation federal government intended impress trust upon lieu lands state trustee chickasaw cession schoolchildren beneficiaries children right action state breach fiduciary duty recognizes damages proper remedy breach fiduciary duty corpus trust entirely lost see ante thus reasons expressed justice marshall edelman jordan believe petitioners entitled damages proved trial breach trust alleged therefore reverse appeals dismissal petitioners claims remand issue fuller consideration justice powell chief justice justice rehnquist join concurring part dissenting part public record refutes petitioners equal protection claims disparities funding various school lands detrimentally affects students schools school districts within chickasaw cession statistics mississippi state department education show ranking school districts terms expenditures per pupil ranking chickasaw cession districts scattered widely among state school districts moreover far critical element school funding mississippi alleged petitioners sixteenth section lands account overall funds provided schools therefore find basis assumption petitioners prove students chickasaw cession districts detrimentally affected differential believe petitioners asserted equal protection claim survive motion dismiss federal rule civil procedure brief procedural history helpful putting litigation perspective petitioners include group county school boards superintendents education individual schoolchildren residing chickasaw cession counties north mississippi june petitioners sued numerous federal state officials attacking difference one hand payments sixteenth section lands school district chocktaw area hand payments state mississippi trust fund school districts within chickasaw cession place income chickasaw school lands complaint recounted alleged illegalities far back northwest territory ordinance sought various federal statutes purport authorize validate confirm sales sixteenth section lands declared unlawful void unenforceable including limited act july act may act march acts congress said effect app citations omitted complaint also alleged federal state defendants breached perpetual binding obligations trust federal defendants permitting state breach trust various statutes northwest territory ordinance state defendants unlawfully selling relevant properties investing proceeds sale complaint alleged violations due process denial free appropriate public education relevance case stands violations equal protection disparate distribution certain funds infringement upon fundamental rights suspect class minimally adequate level education finally complaint alleged impairment obligation contract taking without compensation petitioners sought relief including conveyance properties money value equivalent relevant school lands compensation income present petitioners received lands subjected prudent use reasonable management petitioners also sought obtain new lands substitution lost may include offshore oil gas mineral rights petitioners additionally sought enjoin direct defendants establish fund funds value necessary provide hereafter perpetuity annual income chickasaw cession school districts finally petitioners demanded defendants take steps eliminate compensate future guarantee protect plaintiffs plaintiff class denials deprivations rights due process law equal protection laws district held claims federal government barred sovereign immunity laches statutes limitations order appealed separate order district held monetary remedy barred eleventh amendment holding affirmed appeals today agree disposition also reach issues raised allegations denial fundamental right minimally adequate education see ante however agree holding petitioners equal protection allegations regarding disparate distribution funds present claim sufficient substance survive motion dismiss federal rule civil procedure ii begins discussion petitioners equal protection claim ante acknowledging appropriate take notice relevant facts obtained public record light favorable petitioners ante recent figures available state department education mississippi read light fatally undercut petitioners equal protection claims alleged accepted true disparity payments sixteenth section lands chocktaw districts payments state mississippi trust fund chickasaw districts complaint characterizes disparity unjust inequitable unconstitutional deprivation rights children chickasaw cession counties app reads complaint alleging unequal distribution funds acts detriment chickasaw cession schools students ante complaint however contains factual assertions disparity support conclusory allegations basis believing detriment ever proved shown table various per pupil expenditures petitioners school districts comparable cases higher average districts within chocktaw area sixteenth section payments figures table demonstrate beyond argument insignificant part total payments sources made mississippi school districts question data instead petitioners limited challenging discrimination sixteenth section program relying limitation decline dissent invitation look school receipts overall ante thereby ignores undisputed facts concerning funding public education state mississippi instead bases equal protection analysis overall funds provided public secondary elementary schools state equal protection clause least context state funding schools concerned substance de minimis variations funding among districts table appendix opinion school finances shows chickasaw cession school districts fact distributed throughout financial ranking state school districts whether measure used current expenditure per pupil current expenditure per pupil instruction cost current expenditure per pupil less transportation specifically table shows average per pupil expenditure went towards instructional cost school districts within chickasaw cession districts spent within per pupil average expenditure two spent within average per pupil instructional expenditure per pupil expenditure chickasaw district lowest per pupil expenditure chickasaw district highest expenditure light figures expenditures per pupil believe alleged difference average per pupil payment sixteenth section lands average per pupil payment state trust fund place chickasaw school lands creates detriment students schools within chickasaw cession thereby gives rise violation equal protection standard although figures expenditures per pupil fatal petitioners claims second set statistics provides additional reason conclude equal protection claim concerning alleged disparities sixteenth section lands survive motion dismiss federal rule civil procedure shown table receipts public schools payments received sixteenth section lands accounted less total receipts public schools throughout state sixteenth section payments dwarfed income state federal funds million totaling receipts public schools variations among school districts small part total receipts support claim violation equal protection clause provision education children chickasaw cession districts iii petitioners equal protection claims survive motion federal rule civil procedure light distribution chickasaw cession districts throughout statewide rankings various expenditures per pupil insignificance sixteenth section funds relative total receipts education accordingly dissent appendix opinion powell table school financesfn average average average current current current expenditure expenditure expenditure per pupil per pupil per pupil instruction ada less ada cost ada transportation district amount rank amount rank amount rank natchez adams alcorn corinth amite attala kosciusko benton bolivar bolivar bolivar bolivar bolivar bolivar calhoun carroll chickasaw houston okolona choctaw claiborne enterprise quitman cons clay west point coahoma cty clarksdale copiah hazlehurst covington desoto school finances continued average average average current current current expenditure expenditure expenditure per pupil per pupil per pupil instruction ada less ada cost ada transportation district amount rank amount rank amount rank forrest hattiesburg petal franklin george greene grenada hancock bay louis harrison biloxi gulfport long beach pass christian hinds jackson clinton holmes durant humphreys itawamba jackson moss point ocean springs pascagoula east jasper west jasper jefferson jefferson davis jones laurel kemper lafayette oxford school finances continued average average average current current current expenditure expenditure expenditure per pupil per pupil per pupil instruction ada less ada cost ada transportation school finances continued average average average current current current expenditure expenditure expenditure per pupil per pupil per pupil instruction ada less ada cost ada transportation district amount rank amount rank amount rank starkville north panola south panola pearl river picayune poplarville perry richton north pike south pike mccomb pontotoc pontotoc prentiss baldwyn booneville quitman rankin pearl scott forest anguilla line sharkey issaquena simpson smith stone sunflower drew indianola tallahatchie tallahatchie tate senatobia school finances continued average average average current current current expenditure expenditure expenditure per pupil per pupil per pupil instruction ada less ada cost ada transportation district amount rank amount rank amount rank north tippah south tippah tishomingo iuka tunica union new albany walthall warren vicksburg hollandale leland western line greenville wayne webster wilkinson louisville coffeeville water valley yazoo holly bluff yazoo city statewide average chickasaw average chocktaw average table receipts public schools state dept ed per capita minimum program vocational ed chickasaw homestead exemption efc payments severance tax driver penalty funds textbook school lunch adult ed educable children ed reform act total state funds source federal funds state dept ed vocational ed national forest tva ecia ch ecia ch esea oeo soc sec tit xx ceta emp sec comm school lunch sp milk nonfood asst school lunch commodities food adult ed education handicapped act ceta governor office total federal funds receipts public schools continued ad valorem tax mineral lease tax tuition patrons transp fees patrons sixteen section income interest investments intermediate source bond int fund receipts school lunch student activity total local sources total revenue receipts nonrevenue receipts sale bonds sale assets insurance loss recovery loans total nonrevenue receipts total revenue nonrevenue receipts source mississippi state board education annual report state superintendent public education mississippi state department education annual report state superintendent public education tables infra taken report pp respectively agree petitioners claims barred eleventh amendment therefore join part ii opinion one rarely sees complaint sweeping allegations duplicative requests relief apparently question raised respondents district whether signing complaint counsel petitioners complied rule federal rules civil procedure rule reads pertinent part signature attorney party constitutes certificate read pleading motion paper best knowledge information belief formed reasonable inquiry well grounded fact warranted existing law good faith argument extension modification reversal existing law interposed improper purpose harass cause unnecessary delay needless increase cost litigation despite complaint alleged denial equal protection respect funding chickasaw cession school districts noted supra funds overall funding elementary secondary schools within state disparity versus appeals petition certiorari give relevant figures papasan pet cert former figures derived unaudited aggregation reports individual school districts presented november report chickasaw cession districts state auditor secretary state app case arose rule motion use disparity favorable plaintiffs state distributes funds equally throughout mississippi school districts basis teacher unit see miss code ann supp tr oral arg many total funding among districts mississippi varies depending upon local ad valorem taxes district sources see table see also san antonio independent school dist rodriguez discrepancies sixteenth section lands frequently offset part entirely ad valorem taxes variations local funding sources sixteenth section lands almost always greater alleged disparity relied case see annual report supra listing revenue receipts local sources another reason dismiss petitioner claims system financing mississippi public schools bears substantial similarity financing arrangement state texas upheld san antonio independent school dist rodriguez supra rodriguez almost half revenues funding elementary secondary schools came large program designed provide basic minimal education every school school district supplement state federal funds ad valorem tax property within jurisdiction similarly mississippi provides district funds support minimum program education see miss code ann et seq supp funds constitute half receipts public schools federal funds constitute another remaining receipts mississippi school districts ad valorem taxes levied vary among local school districts account see table infra mississippi financing system like texas hile assuring basic education every child state permits encourages large measure participation control district schools local level rodriguez supra also note mississippi taken numerous steps ensure adequacy important single factor education quality teachers state established commission teacher administrator education oversee training certification evaluation public school teachers throughout mississippi miss code ann supp guaranteed minimum teachers salaries may augmented local districts scale pay increases based tenure merit guarantee reduction local supplements salary set minimum standards teachers competency requirement teachers employed july take national teachers examination county office prorated consolidated districts ada fn school districts within chickasaw cession denoted italic typeface school districts partially within chickasaw cession also italic type source mississippi state board education annual report state superintendent public education