What is Hernandez v. Texas?
{{SCOTUSCase |Litigants=Hernandez v. Texas |ArgueDate=January 11 |ArgueYear=1954 |DecideDate=May 3 |DecideYear=1954 |FullName=Pete Hernandez v. State of Texas |USVol=347 |USPage=475 |Citation=74 S. Ct. 667; 98 L. Ed. 866; 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2128 |Prior=[[Writ|Certiorari]] to the Court of Criminal Appeals for Texas. ''Hernandez v. State'', 160 Tex. Crim. 72, 251 S.W.2d 531, 1952 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1421 (Tex. Crim. App., 1952) |Subsequent= |Holding=The Court decided that [[Mexican American]]s and all other racial and national groups in the [[United States]] had equal protection under the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]]. |SCOTUS=1953-1954 |Majority=Warren |JoinMajority=''unanimous'' |LawsApplied=[[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|U.S. Const. amend. XIV]] }} {{wikisource}} '''''Hernandez v. Texas''''', '''{{ussc|347|475|1954}}''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/347/475/case.html |title=Hernandez v. Texas 347 U.S. 475 (1954) |publisher=Justia |access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref> was a [[landmark decision]] by the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref name=hv.tOyez>{{cite web |url=https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us475 |title=Hernandez v. Texas |publisher=IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law |access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref> In a [[wikt:unanimous|unanimous]] ruling, the Court held that [[Mexican American]]s and all other [[wikt:racial|racial]] or [[Nationality|national groups]] in the [[United States]] had [[Equal Protection Clause|equal protection]] under the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]] of the [[United States Constitution|U.S. Constitution]].<ref name=hv.tOyez/> The ruling was written by [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]] [[Earl Warren]].<ref name=hv.tOyez/> This was the first case in which Mexican-American [[lawyer]]s had appeared before the US Supreme Court.<ref name=Bull