The following excerpt is from Peterson v. Minidoka County School Dist. No. 331, 118 F.3d 1351 (9th Cir. 1997):
Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510, 534-35, 45 S.Ct. 571, 573-74, 69 L.Ed. 1070 (1925). In light of that teaching, "liberty" in the Fourteenth Amendment encompasses the liberty of parents to determine the education of their children.
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