Legal Opinion
Scott v. Pasadena Unified School District
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2002No. Nos. 00-55532, 00-55666 and 00-55789PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
This action arises out of a state and federal constitutional challenge brought by parents Sylvia Scott, René Amy, George Gordon MacPherson, Silvia Jimenez Mac-Pherson, and Romeo Ava (collectively “Scott”),1 serving as guardians ad litem on behalf of eight minor student plaintiffs2 enrolled in the Pasadena Unified School District (“PUSD,” or the “District”), against the District’s 1999-2000 admissions policy governing three voluntary schools. The challenged policy permits race and gender, in addition to other factors, to be taken into account under special…
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