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JACKSON v. PASADENA CITY SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. L.A. 26705.

59 Cal.2d 876 (1963)

382 P.2d 878

31 Cal. Rptr. 606

JAY R. JACKSON, JR., a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PASADENA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel C. Sheats, Loren Miller and A.L. Wirin for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Robert E. Burke, Deputy Attorney General, and Herbert A. Bernhard as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, James W. Briggs and Ronald W. Schneider, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

Jay Jackson, a 13-year-old Negro boy, brought this mandamus proceeding to compel defendants to permit him to transfer from the Washington Junior High School to the Eliot Junior High School. Defendants' demurrer was sustained without leave to amend, and this appeal is from the ensuing judgment. The allegations of the complaint are summarized below.

Prior to July 1961 the Pasadena City School District contained a number of junior high school zones...

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