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  2. Hernandez v. Texas - Wikipedia

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    Hernandez v. Texas. 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 ...

  3. Gustavo C. Garcia - Wikipedia

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    Gustavo " Gus " C. Garcia (July 27, 1915 – June 3, 1964) was an American civil rights attorney. Garcia worked with fellow attorney Carlos Cadena in the landmark case Hernández v. Texas (1954), arguing before the US Supreme Court for the end of a practice of systematic exclusion of Hispanics from jury service in Jackson County, Texas.

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Warren Court

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    Hernandez v. Texas: 347 U.S. 475 (1954) application of the Fourteenth Amendment to Mexican Americans: Bolling v. Sharpe: Racial Segregation: 347 U.S. 497 (1954) segregation in the District of Columbia United States v. Harriss: 347 U.S. 612 (1954) constitutionality of The Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946: Berman v. Parker: 348 U.S. 26 ...

  5. List of landmark court decisions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954) The equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment covers any racial, national, and ethnic groups of the United States against whom discrimination can be proved. Brown v.

  6. John J. Herrera - Wikipedia

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    The ruling declared educational segregation of Mexican American students illegal in Texas. In 1954, he authored the briefs for the case of Hernandez v. Texas that argued that the exclusion of Mexican American jurors was unconstitutional. The case reached the Supreme Court of the United States, which decided in Hernandez's favor.

  7. List of United States court cases involving the Fourteenth ...

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    Hernandez v. Texas: 1954 347 U.S. 475 the 14th Amendment protects those beyond the racial classes of white or Negro Briggs v. Elliott: 1952 347 U.S. 483 Brown case 1 Summerton, South Carolina Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County: 1952 103 F. Supp. 337 Brown Case 2 - Prince Edward County, Virginia Gebhart v. Belton: 1952 33 Del ...

  8. James DeAnda - Wikipedia

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    University of Texas School of Law ( LLB) James DeAnda (August 21, 1925 – September 7, 2006) was an American attorney and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, noted for his activities in defense of Hispanic civil rights, particularly as a plaintiff's attorney in Hernandez v. Texas .

  9. Fort Worth teen who died after track meet remembered as ... - AOL

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    Hernandez had just finished a 5K race with his best time ever when he collapsed Oct. 13 at the District 3-6A meet in Haltom City. His teammates helped him to a water station, where he collapsed ...