California Appeals Court Revives Challenge to In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants

A California appeals court has revived a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows some illegal immigrants and other nonresidents to pay in-state tuition, a decision that some lawyers involved in the case said could have ripple effects in nine other states that have similar laws.

A trial-court judge had thrown out the lawsuit two years ago, dismissing the plaintiffs claims that the state law violated the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,

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