Bernal v. Fainter

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1984-05-30

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Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. The question posed by this case is whether a statute of the State of Texas violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution by denying aliens the opportunity to become notaries public. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the stat *218 ute d…

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