Plyler v. Doe
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Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark decision → |
| appliesTo |
K-12 public education
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undocumented immigrant children → |
| challengedPolicy |
Authorization for school districts to deny enrollment to undocumented children
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Denial of state funds for education of undocumented children → |
| challengedStatute |
Texas Education Code §21.031
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| decidedBy |
Burger Court
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| establishesPrinciple |
Immigration status alone is not a sufficient basis to deny public education
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States cannot discriminate against undocumented children in access to basic public education → |
| hasArgumentDate |
1981-12-01
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1981-12-02 → |
| hasCategory |
United States immigration and education case law
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| hasChiefJusticeAtDecision |
Warren E. Burger
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| hasCitation |
457 U.S. 202
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| hasConcurrenceBy |
Harry A. Blackmun
NERFINISHED
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. → Thurgood Marshall → |
| hasCountry |
United States
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| hasCourt |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| hasDecisionDate |
1982-06-15
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| hasDissentBy |
Byron R. White
NERFINISHED
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Sandra Day O'Connor → Warren E. Burger → William H. Rehnquist → |
| hasDocketNumber |
80-1538
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| hasFullCaseName |
Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.
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| hasHolding |
States may not deny free public education to children based on their immigration status
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Texas statute denying funding for education of undocumented children violates the Equal Protection Clause → Undocumented school-age children are persons within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment → |
| hasImpactOn |
access of undocumented children to public schools in the United States
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| hasJurisdiction |
federal constitutional law
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| hasLegalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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| hasMajorityOpinionBy |
William J. Brennan Jr.
NERFINISHED
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| hasPetitioner |
James Plyler
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Tyler Independent School District → |
| hasPrecedentialStatus |
binding precedent in federal and state courts
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| hasRespondent |
John Doe
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| hasStandardOfReview |
heightened rational basis scrutiny
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| hasVote |
5-4
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| hasYear |
1982
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| interprets |
Equal Protection Clause
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → |
| originatedInState |
Texas
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| relatesTo |
civil rights of noncitizens
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education law in the United States → immigration law in the United States → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Equal Protection Clause
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basisFor |
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Plyler v. Doe
("Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.")
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hasFullCaseName |
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United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
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hasNotableCase |
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San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
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relatedCase |
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Yick Wo v. Hopkins
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subsequentCitationBy |