Ambach v. Norwick

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|Litigants=Ambach v. Norwick

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|DecideDate=April 17

|DecideYear=1979

|FullName=Ambach v. Norwick

|USVol=441

|USPage=68

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|Holding=A state may refuse to hire a non-citizen as a public school teacher if they could be but do not wish to become a citizen.

|Majority=Powell

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|Dissent=Blackmun

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Ambach v. Norwick, 441 U.S. 68 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a state may refuse to hire a non-citizen as a public school teacher if they could be but do not wish to become a citizen.{{ussc|name=Ambach v. Norwick|volume=441|page=68|year=1979}}{{Cite book |last=Lieberman |first=Jethro K. |title=A Practical Companion to the Constitution |year=1999 |pages=42|chapter=Aliens}}