Martinez

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Bradley S. Phillips, Fred A. Rowley, Jr., Gabriel P. Sanchez, Mark R. Yohalem; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Robert Rubin; Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Cynthia Valenzquela, Nicholas Espiritu and Kristina Campbell for Alicia A., Gloria A., Marcos A., Mildred A., Enrique Boca, Nicole Doe, Collin Campbell, Alex Ortiz, Linda Lin Qian, Cesar Rivadeneyra, Jennifer Seidenberg, Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success at University of California, Davis, Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success of University of California, Los Angeles and National Immigration Law Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

SIMS, Acting P. J.

United States citizens who pay nonresident tuition for enrollment at California's public universities/colleges brought a lawsuit attacking a state statute (Ed. Code, § 68130.5 [1] ) which allows certain illegal aliens [2] to pay the less expensive resident tuition to attend these universities/colleges. Plaintiffs [3] filed a class action lawsuit against defendants Regents (Regents) of the University of California (UC), Trustees (Trustees) of the California State University System…