OTERO v. MESA CTY. VALLEY SCH. DIST. NO. 51

No. 76-1174.

568 F.2d 1312 (1977)

Stephanie OTERO et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51 et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1977.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris J. Baller, San Francisco, Cal. (Vilma S. Martinez, Mary R. Mendoza, San Francisco, Cal., and R. Pete Reyes, Denver, Colo., of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Federico Pena of Chicano Education Project and Arthur S. Lucero of Colorado Rural Legal Services, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

John W. Groves, Grand Junction, Colo. (and Jon E. Getz of Nelson, Hoskin, Groves & Prinster, P. C., Grand Junction, Colo., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before McWILLIAMS, BREITENSTEIN and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants are nine Mexican-American school children who attend, or at one time did attend, public schools located in the Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. The defendants-appellees are District No. 51, the members of its Board of Education, and numerous school officials in both their individual and official capacities.

The plaintiffs charged the defendants with a variety of discriminatory practices in the...

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