Legal Opinion
Doe v. Plyler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1980No. 78-3311PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
Through Section 21.031 of the Texas Education Code, the State of Texas commands the free public education of its children. The State, however, extends that command only to those children legally within its borders.1 Texas has declined to provide *450financial aid for the education of alien children who are unable to document the legality of their presence.2 The Tyler Independent School District [TISD] implemented the policy of Section 21.031 by charging a tuition of $1000 per year for each undocumented child as a prerequisite to enrollment in the Tyler public…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ruiz v. EstelleDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Vietnamese Fishermen's Ass'n v. Knights of the Ku Klux KlanDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1981
- Paulino Izaguirre Rojas v. Robert Richardson, Kenneth McGee and M and R Cattle Company, a PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Louis v. NelsonDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1982
- Enrique Cervantes v. Ramiro GuerraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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