Plyler v. Doe, No. 80-1538 (U.S. Supreme Court) (457 U.S. 202; 102 S.Ct. 2382) (June 15, 1982) (Justice Brennan)
In this case the Court held that a Texas statute, which withheld funds from local school districts for the education of children who were not "legally admitted" to the United States, was unconstitutional as a violation of the aliens' rights to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. The majority emphasized ...
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