Pierce v. Society of Sisters
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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| gptkbp:arguedDate |
1925-03-17
1925-03-16 |
| gptkbp:category |
1925 in United States case law
United States Supreme Court cases of the Taft Court United States education case law |
| gptkbp:challenge |
Oregon Compulsory Education Act of 1922
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| gptkbp:citation |
268 U.S. 510
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| gptkbp:date |
1925-06-01
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:defendant |
gptkb:State_of_Oregon
gptkb:Walter_M._Pierce |
| gptkbp:fullName |
Pierce, Governor of Oregon, et al. v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
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| gptkbp:heldBy |
Oregon's Compulsory Education Act is unconstitutional as it interferes with the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pierce v. Society of Sisters
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| gptkbp:impact |
affirmed the right of private schools to operate
expanded the doctrine of substantive due process |
| gptkbp:legalBasis |
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Oregon,_United_States
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| gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy |
gptkb:James_Clark_McReynolds
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| gptkbp:originatedIn |
gptkb:Oregon
|
| gptkbp:plaintiff |
Hill Military Academy
Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary |
| gptkbp:principle |
parents have the right to choose private or religious schools for their children
states cannot force children to attend only public schools |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Meyer_v._Nebraska
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| gptkbp:subject |
education law
parental rights substantive due process |
| gptkbp:unanimousDecision |
true
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lochner_era
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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