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Pierce v. Society of Sisters
Supreme Court of the United States (1925) | 268 U.S. 510; 45 S. Ct. 571; 69 L. Ed. 1070; 1925 U.S. LEXIS 589
TL;DR: Oregon required most children ages eight to sixteen to attend public schools. Two private school corporations challenged threatened enforcement. The Court affirmed preliminary injunctions because the law unreasonably interfered with parents’ educational choices and threatened the schools’ business and property.
Legal Significance: The decision applied Fourteenth Amendment parental liberty to invalidate compulsory public schooling and protected private schools’ property against destruction resulting from unlawful interference with their patrons. The Court left unquestioned the State’s authority reasonably to regulate schools and require attendance at some school.