Hernandez v. Texas | |
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Argued January 11, 1954 Decided May 3, 1954 | |
Full case name | Pete Hernandez v. State of Texas |
Citations | 347 U.S. 475 (more) 74 S. Ct. 667; 98 L. Ed. 866; 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2128 |
Prior history | Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals for Texas. Hernandez v. State, 160 Tex. Crim. 72, 251 S.W.2d 531, 1952 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1421 (Tex. Crim. App., 1952) |
Holding | |
The Court decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial and national groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Warren, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954),[1] was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court.[2] In a unanimous ruling, the Court held that Mexican Americans and all other racial or national groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.[2] The ruling was written by Chief Justice Earl Warren.[2] This was the first case in which Mexican-American lawyers had appeared before the US Supreme Court.[3]