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Quotation from Plyler v. Doe by Supreme Court of the United States
“If the State is to deny a discrete group of innocent children the free public education that it offers to other children residing within its borders, that denial must be justified by a showing that it furthers some substantial state interest. No such showing was made here.”
Plyler v. Doe, Opinion of the Court (Justice Brennan), Part VI (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Brennan states the Court's conclusion in its final paragraph.
Citation: "If the State is to deny a discrete group of innocent children the free public education that it offers to other children residing within its borders, that denial must be justified by a showing that it furthers some substantial state interest. No such showing was made here." — Supreme Court of the United States, Plyler v. Doe, Opinion of the Court (Justice Brennan), Part VI (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id plyler-v-doe-q3)
Portrait: US Supreme Court Justice William Brennan - 1972 official portrait, Robert S. Oakes, Public domain.
