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ALVARADO v. EL PASO IND. SCH. DIST.

Nos. 77-1288, 77-3301.

593 F.2d 577 (1979)

David ALVARADO and Dolores Alvarado et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. EL PASO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vilma S. Martinez, Peter D. Roos, Mex. American Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, San Francisco, Cal., Albert Armendariz, Sr., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants, cross-appellees.

Sam Sparks, Harold L. Sims, Morris A. Galatzan, S. Anthony Safi, El Paso, Tex., Joaquin Avila, Joel G. Contreras, Linda Hanten, Mex. Amer. Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Ronald R. Calhoun, El Paso, Tex., for Sidney Brooks, et al.

Jack Ratliff, El Paso, Tex., for Lincoln School PTA.

Before AINSWORTH, GODBOLD and HILL, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This class action was brought by Mexican-American parents on behalf of themselves and children, and other parents and children, against the El Paso (Texas) Independent School District alleging racial and ethnic discrimination by the defendant School District in operating a dual segregated school system with regard to children of Mexican descent and other minorities. Jurisdiction is asserted under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States...

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