ROMERO v. WEAKLEY

Nos. 1712-SD, 1713-SD.

131 F.Supp. 818 (1955)

Joe R. ROMERO et al., Plaintiffs, v. Guy WEAKLEY et al., Defendants. R. J. BURLEIGH et al., Plaintiffs, v. Guy WEAKLEY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. California, S. D.

May 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Petherbridge, El Centro, Cal., Charles B. Johnson, Pasadena, Cal., Franklin H. Williams, San Francisco, Cal., Byron F. Lindsley, San Diego, Cal., Loren Miller, Los Angeles, Cal., Ralph Estrada, Phoenix, Cal., and A. L. Wirin, Los Angeles, Ariz., for plaintiff.

Arthur L. Lockie, Dist. Atty., El Centro, Cal., for defendant.


HALL, District Judge.

By stipulation of the parties in open court these cases were consolidated. The Complaints are practically identical except that in No. 1712-SD the Complaint is brought on behalf of Mexican minors, and in No. 1713-SD the Complaint is brought on behalf of Negro minors. They are cast as class actions, each on behalf of several hundred allegedly similarly situated children.

The defendants are the Superintendent and the several members of...

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