Legal Opinion
Olvera v. University System of Georgia's Board of Regents
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 1, 2016No. S15G1130PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
In this case, a group of college students, including Miguel Angel Martinez Olvera, who are not United States citizens and who are grant beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), filed a declaratory judgment action against the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents and its members in their official capacities (collectively, the Board) seeking a declaration that they are entitled to in-state tuition at schools in the University System of Georgia. The trial court granted the Board’s motion to dismiss on the ground that sovereign immunity…
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