[1] Jean-Marie Mauclet and Alan Rabinovitch both immigrated to the United States and had permanent resident status.

[2] Based on the facts of this case, the main issues being called into question is as follows: By denying immigrant access to scholarship funding and student loans for higher education, does the New York Education Law violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

"[5] Using this framework, the court ruled in favor of Mauclet and Rabinovitch finding the law did violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

[1] Justice Blackmun was a strong proponent for reviewing this case under "strict scrutiny" and agreed the New York Education Law did not meet the standard.

"[2] The court's ruling also discussed the state's lack of jurisdiction in legislating on a matter of immigration (a power reserved for the federal government) and the unjust nature of requiring immigrants to pay taxes without giving them access to the benefits of public assistance programs.

In his opinion, he discussed how in a previous ruling immigrants had been denied access to particular occupations, which he viewed as a far more foundational right comparatively.