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United States Supreme Court Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
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Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 1, 1981
Decided June 15, 1982
Full case name James Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. John Doe, et al.
Citations 457 U.S. 202 (more)
102 S. Ct. 2382; 72 L. Ed. 2d 786; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 124; 50 U.S.L.W. 4650
Prior history Judgment for plaintiffs, 458 F. Supp. 569 (E.D. Texas (1978); affirmed, 628 F.2d 448 (5th Cir. 1980)
Subsequent history Rehearing denied, 458 U.S. 1131 (1982)
Holding
A Texas statute denying free public education to illegal aliens violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because discrimination on the basis of immigration status did not further a substantial state interest. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority Brennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens
Concurrence Marshall
Concurrence Blackmun
Concurrence Powell, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Stevens
Dissent Burger, joined by White, Rehnquist, O'Connor
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV; Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 21.031









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