San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez

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San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez is a landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, upholding school funding systems based on local property taxes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
equal protection case ⓘ
landmark education law case ⓘ
arguedDate October 12, 1972 ⓘ
challengedLawOrPolicy Texas public school financing system based on local property taxation ⓘ
citation 411 U.S. 1 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate March 21, 1973 ⓘ
defendant San Antonio Independent School District ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Byron R. White ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
docketNumber 71-1332 ⓘ
fullName San Antonio Independent School District v. Demetrio P. Rodriguez ⓘ
geographicFocus San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
linked to: San Antonio
holding Education is not a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
Texas system of financing public education based on local property taxes does not violate the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Wealth is not a suspect classification under the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
impact Limited federal constitutional challenges to school funding inequalities ⓘ
Shifted school finance reform efforts to state courts and state constitutions ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Blackmun

Potter Stewart ⓘ
Warren E. Burger ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue Equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
School finance and funding disparities ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
originatingState Texas ⓘ
plaintiff Demetrio P. Rodriguez ⓘ
precedentStatus binding precedent on federal equal protection challenges to school finance systems ⓘ
rearguedDate October 1, 1973 ⓘ
rejectedClaim That education is a fundamental right triggering strict scrutiny ⓘ
That wealth-based disparities in school funding create a suspect class ⓘ
relatedCase Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Plyler v. Doe ⓘ
relatedField civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
standardOfReview rational basis review ⓘ
topic constitutional rights and education ⓘ
educational inequality ⓘ
public school funding ⓘ
voteSplit 5–4 ⓘ
yearDecided 1973 ⓘ

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