Hernandez v. Texas

Hernandez v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
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
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
Majority	Warren, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

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Hernandez v. Texas

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]

1. ↑ "Hernandez v. Texas 347 U.S. 475 (1954)". Justia. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Hernandez v. Texas". IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
3. ↑ "Hernandez v. Texas". Bullock Texas State History Museum. Retrieved 23 March 2016.