Legal Opinion
Doe v. Plyler
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided September 14, 1978No. Civ. A. TY-77-261-CAPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JUSTICE, District Judge.
Procedural History
This civil action began in September, 1977, when plaintiffs, a group of Mexican children who had entered the United States illegally and currently reside in Smith County, Texas, 1 sought injunctive and declaratory relief from this court by and through their parents, as next friends, against their exclusion from the public schools in the Tyler Independent School District (“Tyler I.S.D.”). The defendant Board of Trustees of Tyler I.S.D. had refused to enroll any undocumented child, 2 absent a tuition fee of $1,000 per year, pursuant to…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Joseph Bertrand v. Charles Sava, Laissez-Moi Vigile v. Charles SavaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- In Re Alien Children Education LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Certain Named and Unnamed Non-Citizen Children and Their Parents v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Doe v. PlylerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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