Plyler v. Doe
- Decided
- September 9, 1982
- Docket
- 80-1538
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 2,739 timesNo negative treatment found in this library
What later courts said
- holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens — United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990)
- holding that the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause applies to all persons present within the territorial confines of the United States — Hermanowski v. Farquharson (1999)
- recognizing that the deprivation of an education exerts an “inestimable toll ... on the social economic, intellectual, and psychological well-being of the individual” — Montesa v. Schwartz (2016)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*205] Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question presented by these cases is whether, consistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Texas may deny to undocumented school-age children the free public education that it provides to children who are citizens of the United States or legally admitted aliens.
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Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)Read the full opinion
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