VALERIA v. DAVIS

No. 01-15219.

307 F.3d 1036 (2002)

G. VALERIA, through her parent and next friend; G. Yolanda; Rosalinda O., through her parent and next friend; Marta O.; Elizabeth S., through her parent and next friend; Jose S., Plaintiffs, One Nation/One CA; Las Familias Del Pueblo; Gloria Matta Tuchman; Nancy L., through her parent and next friend, N.L.; Lisa L., through her parent and next friend, N.L.; Sylvia Martinez; Petra Ramirez; Angelina Morfin; Cruz Mejia; Emerita Carrillo; Ofelia Bueno; Center for Equal Opportunity, Intervenors, and J.W.P., through her parent and next friend; Angel V.; David R., through his parent and next friend; Hilda M.; Maria M.; O.G., through his parent and next friend; Dora G.; Mujeres Unidas y Activas; Parents for Unity; Chinese for Affirmative Action; California Latino Civil Rights Network; National Council of La Raza; Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles County, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Sarina Frias, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Gray DAVIS; State Board of Education; Yvonne W. Larsen; Robert L. Trigg; Timothy C. Draper; Kathryn Dronenberg; Marion Joseph; Megan Kephart; Marion McDowell; Janet Nicholas; Gerti B. Thomas; Marina Tse; Delaine Eastin, in Her Official Capacity as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Marion Bergeson; Susan Hammer; Reed Hastings; Nancy Ichinaga; Carlton J. Jenkins; Monica Lozano; Vicki Reynolds; Nickolas C. Rodriguez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Donald P. Cole, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Sharon L. Brown, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for intervenor-appellee Sarina Frias.

Before HUG, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.

On behalf of a class of California public school students and their parents, Angel V. appeals from the district court's judgment, entered after a bench trial, dismissing plaintiffs' claim that California's Proposition 227, which replaces bilingual education programs with a curricular program designed to teach students in English, facially violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. We have jurisdiction under 28 U...

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