Pierce v. Society of Sisters
1925 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 269 U.S. 510 (1925), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court striking down an Oregon statute that required all children to attend public school.[1] The decision significantly expanded coverage of the Due Process Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to recognize personal civil liberties. The case has been cited as a precedent in more than 100 Supreme Court cases, including Roe v. Wade, and in more than 70 cases in the courts of appeals.
Quick Facts Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Argued March 16–17, 1925 Decided June 1, 1925 ...
Pierce v. Society of Sisters | |
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Argued March 16–17, 1925 Decided June 1, 1925 | |
Full case name | Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary |
Citations | 268 U.S. 510 (more) |
Case history | |
Prior | 296 F. 928 (D. Ore. 1924) |
Holding | |
The Oregon Compulsory Education Act that required attendance at public schools, forbidding private school attendance, was held unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | McReynolds, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
Compulsory Education Act (Act), 1922 Or. Laws § 5259; U.S. Const. amend. XIV. |
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