LOS ANGELES | Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:00pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld a state law allowing illegal immigrants to pay lower in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities.

The unanimous decision overturns a lower-court ruling that said the law unfairly favors illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens who lived in other states and must pay much higher tuition.

(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Jerry Norton)

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