Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Westminister School Dist.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided February 18, 1946No. Civil Action 4292PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, District Judge.
Gonzalo Mendez, William Guzman, Frank Palomino, Thomas Estrada and Lorenzo Ramirez, as citizens of the United States, and on behalf of their minor children, and as they allege in the petition, on behalf of “some 5000” persons similarly affected, all of Mexican or Latin descent, have filed a class suit pursuant to Rule 23 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, against the Westminister, Garden Grove and El Modeno School Districts, and the Santa Ana City Schools, all of Orange County, California, and the respective trustees and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by14 opinions
- San Francisco Unified School District v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- United States v. Texas Education Agency (Austin Independent School District)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- People v. AguilarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
- Hardyman v. CollinsDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1948
- Kinney Kinmon Lau, a Minor by and Through Mrs. Kam Wai Lau, His Guardian Ad Litem v. Alan H. Nichols, PresidentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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