Legal Opinion
Lau v. Nichols
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 21, 1974No. 72-6520PublishedCited by 332 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The San Francisco, California, school system was integrated in 1971 as a result of a federal court decree, 339 F. Supp. 1315. See Lee v. Johnson, 404 U. S. 1215. The District Court found that there are 2,856 students of Chinese ancestry in the school system who do not speak English. Of those who have that language deficiency, about 1,000 are given supplemental courses in the English language.1 About 1,800, however, do not receive that instruction.
This class suit brought by non-English-speaking Chinese students against officials responsible for the operation of the San Francisco Unified School…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Steward MacHine Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1971
- 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
3Cited by332 opinions
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Alexander v. SandovalSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- New York v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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