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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 |
Case history | |
Prior | Hernandez v. State, 160 Tex. Crim. 72, 251 S.W.2d 531 (1952); cert.granted, 346 U.S. 811 (1953). |
Holding | |
Mexican Americans and other nationality groups in the United States have equal protection under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Warren, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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Chicanos and Mexican Americans |
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Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period."[1] In a unanimous ruling, the court held that Mexican Americans and all other nationality groups in the United States have equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.[2] The ruling was written by Chief Justice Earl Warren. This was the first case in which Mexican-American lawyers had appeared before the Supreme Court.[3]