Plyler v. Doe

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United States Supreme Court case landmark decision

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Plyler v. Doe canonical	10
Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
appliesTo	K-12 public education ⓘ undocumented immigrant children ⓘ
challengedPolicy	Authorization for school districts to deny enrollment to undocumented children ⓘ Denial of state funds for education of undocumented children ⓘ
challengedStatute	Texas Education Code §21.031 ⓘ
decidedBy	Burger Court ⓘ
establishesPrinciple	Immigration status alone is not a sufficient basis to deny public education ⓘ States cannot discriminate against undocumented children in access to basic public education ⓘ
hasArgumentDate	1981-12-01 ⓘ 1981-12-02 ⓘ
hasCategory	United States immigration and education case law ⓘ
hasChiefJusticeAtDecision	Warren E. Burger ⓘ
hasCitation	457 U.S. 202 ⓘ
hasConcurrenceBy	Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
hasCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasDecisionDate	1982-06-15 ⓘ
hasDissentBy	Byron R. White ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ surface form: Sandra Day O'Connor Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
hasDocketNumber	80-1538 ⓘ
hasFullCaseName	Plyler v. Doe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.
hasHolding	States may not deny free public education to children based on their immigration status ⓘ 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 ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	federal constitutional law ⓘ
hasLegalIssue	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
hasMajorityOpinionBy	William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
hasPetitioner	James Plyler ⓘ Tyler Independent School District ⓘ
hasPrecedentialStatus	binding precedent in federal and state courts ⓘ
hasRespondent	John Doe ⓘ
hasStandardOfReview	heightened rational basis scrutiny ⓘ
hasVote	5-4 ⓘ
hasYear	1982 ⓘ
interprets	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
originatedInState	Texas ⓘ
relatesTo	civil rights of noncitizens ⓘ education law in the United States ⓘ immigration law in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez → relatedCase → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

Equal Protection Clause → basisFor → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

Plyler v. Doe → hasFullCaseName → Plyler v. Doe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.

United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court → hasNotableCase → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

Yick Wo v. Hopkins → subsequentCitationBy → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

Warren Burger Court → notableCase → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

James Plyler → notableWork → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

James Plyler → participantIn → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

Tyler Independent School District → involvedIn → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

John Doe → usedIn → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ

Texas Education Code §21.031 → heldUnconstitutionalBy → Plyler v. Doe ⓘ