Home > Great American Court Cases > San Antonio School District, et al. v. Rodriguez, et al.

Legal Citation: 411 U.S. 1 (1973)

Appellant
San Antonio Independent School District, et al.

Appellee
Demetrio P. Rodriguez, et al.

Appellant's Claim
The state of Texas financed public education in such a way as to discriminate against children living in poor school districts.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Charles Alan Wright

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Arthur Gochman

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (writing for the Court), William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 March 1973

Decision
That Texas statutes which regulated the financing of public schools based on property taxes in...