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Legal Citation: 457 U.S. 202 (1982)

Appellants
J. and R. Doe; certain named and unnamed undocumented alien children, et al.

Appellees
James L. Plyler, et al.

Appellants' Claim
That schools admitting children who could not establish that they had come into the United States legally should still receive state funding.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Peter D. Roos for J. and R. Doe et al., Peter A. Schey for certain named and unnamed undocumented alien children et al.

Chief Lawyer for Appellees
John C. Hardy for James L. Plyler et al.; Richard L. Arnett for State of Texas, et al.

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Byron...