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Case Name	Crawford v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles	SD-CA-0006
Docket / Court	63-822854 ( State Court )
State/Territory	California
Case Type(s)	Education School Desegregation
Special Collection	UCLA University Archives Civil Rights Project
Attorney Organization	ACLU Affiliates (any) MALDEF NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Equal Protection

Content of Injunction

Busing

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Preliminary relief granted

Student assignment

Defendant-type

Elementary/Secondary School

Jurisdiction-wide

Discrimination-basis

National origin discrimination

Race discrimination

General

Disparate Treatment

Education

Racial segregation

School/University policies

National Origin/Ethnicity

Hispanic

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Race

Black

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.
State law

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles Los Angeles Board of Education
Plaintiff Description	Class of all black and Mexican descent students attending school in the Los Angeles Unified School District
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Affiliates (any) MALDEF NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status outcome	Granted
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order Declaratory Judgment Attorneys fees Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Litigation
Order Duration	1970 - 1982
Filed	1963
Case Closing Year	1982
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

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Court	Docket(s)
State Court of Appeals 03/22/1977	50701 SD-CA-0006-9000.pdf \| Detail Source:
U.S. Supreme Court 09/11/1978	SD-CA-0006-9001.pdf \| Detail Source:
State Court of Appeals 01/14/1982	SD-CA-0006-9002.pdf \| Detail Source:
	General Documents
State Trial Court 06/07/1962	Minutes, Regular Meetings 1962-1963 SD-CA-0006-0010.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 07/15/1963	LAUSD responses to California Fair Housing Act of 1963 Rumford Act AB 1240 SD-CA-0006-0011.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 07/31/1963	Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunction SD-CA-0006-0001.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 08/01/1963	Order to Show Cause SD-CA-0006-0003.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 08/02/1963	Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Points and Authorities on Order to Show Cause SD-CA-0006-0002.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 08/05/1963	LAUSD transmittal to Los Angeles County Counsel SD-CA-0006-0012.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 09/06/1963	LAUSD Board Crawford correspondence, 1963-1977 SD-CA-0006-0014.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 09/12/1963	Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Equal Opportunity SD-CA-0006-0004.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Trial Court 02/11/1970	Minute Order of Court's Intended Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, Judgment, and for Peremptory Writ of Mandate SD-CA-0006-0005.pdf \| Detail Source: Helene V. Smookler Papers
State Trial Court 02/13/1970	Memorandum Crawford v. Board of Education ("integration" case) SD-CA-0006-0015.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
State Supreme Court 06/28/1976	Decision (551 P.2d 28) SD-CA-0006-0024.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| External Link \| Detail Source: LexisNexis
State Trial Court 02/28/1977	Respondent's Memorandum Re Intervention SD-CA-0006-0007.pdf \| Detail Source:
State Trial Court 03/01/1977	Minute Orders (03 01 1977 to 01 11 1979) SD-CA-0006-0009.pdf \| Detail Source: Helene V. Smookler Papers
State Trial Court 03/10/1977	Respondent's Supplemental Memorandum Re Intervention SD-CA-0006-0008.pdf \| Detail Source:
State Court of Appeals 04/14/1977	Decision (69 Cal.App. 3d 66) SD-CA-0006-0025.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail
State Trial Court 08/15/1977	What is Your Plan for the Desegregation of the Los Angeles City Schools? SD-CA-0006-0006.pdf \| Detail Source: Los Angeles Unified School District Records
U.S. Supreme Court 09/08/1978	Application for Stay Pending Appeal or Petition for Certiorari SD-CA-0006-0016.pdf \| Detail Source:
U.S. Supreme Court 09/08/1978	Decision (439 U.S. 1380) SD-CA-0006-0026.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: LexisNexis
State Trial Court 04/14/1980	Letter from George McKenna III to Paul Egly SD-CA-0006-0018.pdf \| Detail Source: Helene V. Smookler Papers
State Court of Appeals 08/04/1980	Reply to Request for Temporary Stay and for Alternative Writ of Mandate, Prohibition or Other Extraordinary Relief SD-CA-0006-0019.pdf \| Detail Source:
State Court of Appeals 08/06/1980	Order on Petition for Writ of Supersedeas and Petition for Writ of Mandate SD-CA-0006-0020.pdf \| Detail Source:
State Trial Court 09/14/1980	Letter from Paul Egly to Chief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird SD-CA-0006-0017.pdf \| Detail Source:
State Court of Appeals 12/19/1980	Decision (113 Cal.App. 3d 633) SD-CA-0006-0027.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: LexisNexis
U.S. Supreme Court 01/18/1982	Order SD-CA-0006-0022.pdf \| Detail Source:
U.S. Supreme Court 05/03/1982	Letter from Rex E. Lee to Alexander L. Stevas SD-CA-0006-0021.pdf \| Detail Source:
U.S. Supreme Court 06/30/1982	Decision (458 U.S. 527) SD-CA-0006-0023.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| External Link \| Detail Source: Google Scholar
State Court of Appeals 12/19/2008	Decision (169 Cal.App.4th 436) SD-CA-0006-0028.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: LexisNexis

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Judges	Armstrong, Orville [Jack] A. (State Appellate Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Bird, Rose Elizabeth (State Supreme Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0017 Blackmun, Harry Andrew (Eighth Circuit, SCOTUS) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0023 Chantry, Kenneth N. (State Trial Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0003 Clark, William P. Jr. (State Supreme Court, State Trial Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0024 Compton, Lynn Davis (State Appellate Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0020 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Egly, Paul (State Trial Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0017 \| SD-CA-0006-0018 Fleming, Macklin G. (State Appellate Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0020 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Gitelson, Alfred (State Trial Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Kriegler, Sandy R. (State Appellate Court, State Trial Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Marshall, Thurgood (Second Circuit, SCOTUS) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0023 McComb, Marshall F. (State Supreme Court, State Appellate Court, State Trial Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0024 Mosk, Stanley Court not on record show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0024 Powell, Lewis Franklin Jr. (SCOTUS) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0023 Rehnquist, William Hubbs (SCOTUS) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0026 Richardson, Frank K. (State Supreme Court, State Appellate Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0024 Roth, Lester W. (State Appellate Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0020 \| SD-CA-0006-9002 Sullivan, Raymond L. (State Supreme Court, State Appellate Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0024 Tobriner, Matthew Oscar (State Supreme Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0024 Turner, Paul (State Trial Court, State Appellate Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Wright, Donald Richard (State Supreme Court) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0024
Monitors/Masters	Davidson, Gordon (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 James, Judy (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Nastasia, Rose Mary (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Nathanson, Julia (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Price, Monroe E. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Beard, Paul James (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Bergman, Michael (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Berman, Bayard F. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Bernhard, Herbert A. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0001 \| SD-CA-0006-0002 \| SD-CA-0006-0003 \| SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0012 Browne, Sharon L. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Duff, Joseph Hairston (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Gale, Mary Ellen (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0019 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Hart-Nibbrig, Harold Christiaan (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Johnson, Harold E. (Virginia) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Jones, Nathaniel Raphael (Ohio) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Lloyd, Rees (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0019 Martinez, John L. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Medvene, Edward (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Miller, Halvor Thomas Jr. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0001 \| SD-CA-0006-0002 \| SD-CA-0006-0003 \| SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0012 \| SD-CA-0006-0019 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Munoz, Ricardo Florian (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Neusom, Thomas G. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0001 \| SD-CA-0006-0002 \| SD-CA-0006-0003 \| SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0012 Okrand, Fred (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0001 \| SD-CA-0006-0002 \| SD-CA-0006-0003 \| SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0012 \| SD-CA-0006-0019 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Pineda, Lynn Arthur (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Reynolds, Harry Mervin (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Rintala, William (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Roberts, Virgil Patrick (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Rodriguez, Antonio (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0019 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Rosenbaum, Mark Dale (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0019 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 \| SD-CA-0006-0028 Rosenthal, Sol (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Sheats, Samuel C. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0001 \| SD-CA-0006-0002 \| SD-CA-0006-0003 \| SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0012 Smoot, Peter (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Sperber, Lawrence (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Tribe, Laurence (Massachusetts) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0023 Wirin, A. L. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0001 \| SD-CA-0006-0002 \| SD-CA-0006-0003 \| SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0012 \| SD-CA-0006-0014 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Yi, Elizabeth Alum (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028
Defendant's Lawyers	Apperson, Ronald J. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Cooley, Winchester III (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0007 \| SD-CA-0006-0008 \| SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Damus, Robert G. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0007 \| SD-CA-0006-0008 \| SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 De Flon, Alfred C. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0015 Farrell, Joseph B. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0025 Friedman, Michael Elliott (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Halverson, Jerry F. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0007 \| SD-CA-0006-0008 \| SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0014 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 James, Peter Wethrell (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0028 Johnson, Michael C. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Jordan, Judd Lindsay (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Kennedy, Harold Woodworth (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0012 Kirwan, Betty-Jane (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Langstaff, Clarence Heald (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0012 Larson, John H. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0015 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Maharg, John D. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 \| SD-CA-0006-0015 Miller, Howard (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0006 Peterson, David (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Reynolds, David Emmett (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0007 \| SD-CA-0006-0008 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Schneider, Raymond W. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0005 Shea, G. William (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0007 \| SD-CA-0006-0008 \| SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0023 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 \| SD-CA-0006-0027
Other Lawyers	Adler, James N. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Bartman, Thomas Fred (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0016 Bhargava, Anurima (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Collisson, Peter (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Cooper, Charles Justin (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0021 Dietrich, Andrea (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Driver, Shanta (Michigan) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Dunlap, Thomas Paine (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0016 Echeagaray, Norma (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Faer, Laura Lynne (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Fine, Jack D. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Fisher, Raymond C. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Fridkis, Cliff (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0016 Garcin, Thomas E. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Goldberg, Arthur L. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Gordon, Janice Marcia (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Grosz, David Brant (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Harris, H Elizabeth (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Hoffman, Paul L. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0027 Horth-Neubert, Stacy R. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Kao, Winifred (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Keeny, Christy Virginia (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Kenneally, Gwen (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Kerley-Schwartz, Stephanie (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Lavender, Carol King (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Lee, Rex E. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0021 \| SD-CA-0006-0022 \| SD-CA-0006-0023 Lhamon, Catherine (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Lindsey, Michael Kaj (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Logan, Dorothea (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 McKinsey, Brenda Powers (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Michael, Barbara (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Mirell, Douglass E. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0027 Paul, Lee G. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0025 Peters, Aulana Louise (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Powers, Brenda (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Richardson, Anne (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Russell, Jason D. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Saferstein, Harvey Irving (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Schwab, Richard Joseph (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Smith-Evans, Leticia (New York) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Spencer, Ruth A. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Stern, Robert Steven (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Su, Julie A (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Tenner, Jack (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Thomas, Holly A. (New York) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Trygstad, Lawrence Benson (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 \| SD-CA-0006-0027 Valenzuela, Cynthia Ann (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Vera, Hernan D. (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Washington, George B. (Michigan) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Weisman, Joseph (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Willick, Daniel Harold (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0009 Ziegler, Mara Jean (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028 Ziegler, Peter Nathan (California) show/hide docs SD-CA-0006-0028

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