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Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
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Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
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Meyer v. State of Nebraska No. 325 Argued February 23, 1923 Decided June 4, 1923 262 U.S. 390
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
Syllabus
A state law forbidding, under penalty, the teaching in any private, denominational, parochial or public school, of any modern language, other than English, to any child who has not attained and successfully passed the eighth grade, invades the liberty guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and exceeds the power of the State. P. 399.
So held where the statute was applied in punishment of an instructor who taught reading in German, to a child of ten years, in a parochial school.
107 Neb. 657, reversed.
ERROR to a judgment of the Supreme Court of Nebraska affirming a conviction for infraction of a statute against teaching of foreign languages to young children in schools.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923) in 262 U.S. 390 262 U.S. 391–262 U.S. 396. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YAH8ULJVII3QIQH.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923), in 262 U.S. 390, pp. 262 U.S. 391–262 U.S. 396. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YAH8ULJVII3QIQH.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923). cited in 1923, 262 U.S. 390, pp.262 U.S. 391–262 U.S. 396. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YAH8ULJVII3QIQH.
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