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Legal Citation: 268 U.S. 510 (1925)

Appellant
Walter M. Pierce, Governor of Oregon

Appellees
Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, Hill Military Academy

Appellant's Claim
That an Oregon law requiring students between eight and sixteen years old to attend public schools did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
George E. Chamberlain, Albert H. Putney

Chief Lawyer for Appellees
William D. Guthrie

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Clark McReynolds (writing for the Court), Edward Terry Sanford, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland, William Howard Taft, Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
1 June 1925

Decision
The...