DARCES v. WOODS

Docket No. L.A. 31620.

35 Cal.3d 871 (1984)

679 P.2d 458

201 Cal. Rptr. 807

BERNADETTE DARCES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARION WOODS, as Director, etc., Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

April 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Hugh Harrison, Erica Hahn, Byron J. Gross, Edward Ortega, Marilyn Kaplan Katz and Melinda Bird for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John Huerta, Linda Wong, Richard Pearl, Stefan Rosensweig, Christine Hely, Mark Rosenbaum, Peter Reid and Peter A. Schey as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Thomas E. Warriner, Assistant Attorney General, Anne S. Pressman and Elizabeth Hong, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

(1a) May the state disadvantage citizen children eligible for governmental assistance on the basis that they live with their brothers and sisters who are undocumented aliens? We hold that the equal protection clause of the California Constitution does not permit that disparate treatment.

Bernadette Obando Darces is an undocumented alien and working...

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