14 avr. 1947 - Mendez v. Westminster

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Mendez, et al v. Westminister [sic] School District of Orange County, et al, 64 F.Supp. 544, aff'd, 161 F.2d 774, was a 1947 federal court case that challenged Mexican remedial schools in Orange County, California. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made the decision to declare the separation of Mexican students as unconstitutional. Therefore, Mendez won his case and became a stepping stone of one of the most influential cases regarding segregation, the Brown v. Board of Education case.

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