DIAZ v. SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

No. 81-4434.

705 F.2d 1129 (1983)

Arnulfo M. Diaz and Socorro Diaz, as the parents and next friends of Fernando Diaz, Miguel A. Diaz and Juan F. Diaz; Jose Vasquez, as the parent and next friend of David Vasquez, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Charles Knight, individually and as District Superintendent of the San Jose Unified School District; Neil H. Geier, Jr., Elizabeth J. Allen, Edwin P. Jones, Jr., Mary K. McCreath, and Donald L. Raimondi, individually and as members of the Board of Education of the San Jose Unified School District, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael di Leonardo, Sunnyvale, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Stephen Kociol, Cynthia L. Rice, San Jose, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Before KASHIWA, ANDERSON, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, parents of Spanish-surnamed children attending public school in the San Jose Unified School District, filed this class action on behalf of themselves and all other parents of children similarly situated. The complaint charged that defendants were operating a segregated public school system in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and sought desegregation of the school district. The district court found that the school...

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