Hernandez v. Texas

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Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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United States Supreme Court

347 U.S. 475

Hernandez  v.  Texas

 Argued: Jan. 11, 1954. --- Decided: May 3, 1954

Messrs. Carlos C. Cadena, San Antonio, Tex., Gus C. Garcia, for petitioner.

Mr. Horace Wimberly, Yoakum, Tex., for respondent.

Mr. Chief Justice WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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