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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 Chapters (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 Chapters (any) MALDEF NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
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
Filing Year	1963
Case Closing Year	1982
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

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Docket(s)

50701 (State Court of Appeals) SD-CA-0006-9000.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/22/1977 Source:
(U.S. Supreme Court) SD-CA-0006-9001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/11/1978 Source:
(State Court of Appeals) SD-CA-0006-9002.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/14/1982 Source:

General Documents

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

People

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

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