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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Mendez v. Westminster : research materials
Creator:
Arriola, Christopher
Identifier/Call Number: M0938
Identifier/Call Number: 825
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1879-2007
The study of a legal case involving public school discrimination in the Orange County town of El Modena. The case, Mendez
v. Westminster, traveled from then rural Orange County, all the way to the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, where the court
held that Mexican Americans could not be discriminated against on the basis of national origin. Arriola did a case study of
Mexican school segregation in Orange County, in particular in El Modena, and legal analysis of the issues surrounding the
Mendez case. Included are interviews, historical material, clippings, case abstracts, finished papers, etc.
Christopher Arriola is currently working for the Los Angeles District Attorney (1997). He received his J.D. from Boalt Hall
School of Law, Univ. of California at Berkeley, 1995, and his A.B. from Stanford University, in 1992. He was originally a
graduate of El Modena High School.
[Identification of item] Mendez v. Westminster : research materials, M0938, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Gift of Christopher J. Arriola, 1997
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican Americans -- Education.
Segregation in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Discrimination in education -- Orange County -- History.
Westminster School District (Orange County, Calif.)
Educational law and legislation -- Orange County.
Danker, Esther.
Gobbel, J.D.
Danker, Ralph.
Gomez, Daniel.
Gobbel, Marge.
Haas, Mary Lisbeth.
Gonzalez, Gilbert G.
Mendez, Gonzalo--Trials, litig
Quintana, Annie.
Rodriguez, Vince.
Torres, Bob.
Treff, Simon Ludwig.
Valenci, Oscar.