Plyler v. Doe
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Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plyler v. Doe canonical | 10 |
| Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T453926 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plyler v. Doe Context triple: [San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, relatedCase, Plyler v. Doe]
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A.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, upholding school funding systems based on local property taxes.
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B.
Lee v. Weisman
Lee v. Weisman is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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C.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a school voucher program, ruling that public funds could be used for tuition at religious schools without violating the Establishment Clause.
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D.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plyler v. Doe Target entity description: Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
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A.
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, upholding school funding systems based on local property taxes.
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B.
Lee v. Weisman
Lee v. Weisman is a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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C.
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld a school voucher program, ruling that public funds could be used for tuition at religious schools without violating the Establishment Clause.
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D.
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe is a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case that held student-led, student-initiated prayer at public school football games unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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landmark decision ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
K-12 public education
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undocumented immigrant children ⓘ |
| challengedPolicy |
Authorization for school districts to deny enrollment to undocumented children
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Denial of state funds for education of undocumented children ⓘ |
| challengedStatute | Texas Education Code §21.031 ⓘ |
| decidedBy | Burger Court ⓘ |
| establishesPrinciple |
Immigration status alone is not a sufficient basis to deny public education
ⓘ
States cannot discriminate against undocumented children in access to basic public education ⓘ |
| hasArgumentDate |
1981-12-01
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1981-12-02 ⓘ |
| hasCategory | United States immigration and education case law ⓘ |
| hasChiefJusticeAtDecision | Warren E. Burger ⓘ |
| hasCitation | 457 U.S. 202 ⓘ |
| hasConcurrenceBy |
Harry A. Blackmun
ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 1982-06-15 ⓘ |
| hasDissentBy |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
surface form:
Sandra Day O'Connor
Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | 80-1538 ⓘ |
| hasFullCaseName |
Plyler v. Doe
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.
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| hasHolding |
States may not deny free public education to children based on their immigration status
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Texas statute denying funding for education of undocumented children violates the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Undocumented school-age children are persons within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn | access of undocumented children to public schools in the United States ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | federal constitutional law ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause
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surface form:
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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| hasMajorityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| hasPetitioner |
James Plyler
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Tyler Independent School District ⓘ |
| hasPrecedentialStatus | binding precedent in federal and state courts ⓘ |
| hasRespondent | John Doe ⓘ |
| hasStandardOfReview | heightened rational basis scrutiny ⓘ |
| hasVote | 5-4 ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| interprets |
Equal Protection Clause
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Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| originatedInState | Texas ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
civil rights of noncitizens
ⓘ
education law in the United States ⓘ immigration law in the United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Plyler v. Doe Description of subject: Plyler v. Doe is a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held states cannot deny free public education to children based on their immigration status, recognizing such exclusion as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plyler, Superintendent, Tyler Independent School District, et al. v. Doe, Guardian, et al.