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URB.BUS/II
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Cliff Fridkis Legal Files of the Bustop Campaign Collection
Creator:
Fridkis, Cliff, 1947 -
Identifier/Call Number: URB.BUS/II
Extent:
27.72 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1928-1988
Date (bulk): 1962-1982
Abstract: Cliff Fridkis served as the attorney
for Bustop, Inc., a group originally formed by San Fernando Valley parents to stop forced
busing in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Bustop, Inc. was an intervener in
the Crawford vs. Board of Education school desegregation case in Los Angeles in the late
1970s. The collection chronicles Bustop, Inc.'s involvement in the Crawford vs. Board of
Education case, and includes documents and research files that are part of Fridkis' legal
case files. Clerk transcripts, court decisions, motions and orders, pleadings before the
court, witness depositions and related research files comprise the bulk of the
material.
Language of Material: English
Cliff Fridkis practices law in the Los Angeles area. He served as the attorney for Bustop,
a group originally formed by San Fernando Valley parents to stop forced busing. Bustop was
an intervener in the Crawford vs. Board of Education in the late 1970s.
The
Cliff Fridkis Legal Files of the Bustop Campaign
Collection
chronicles Bustop Inc.'s involvement in the Crawford vs. Board of
Education case. The collection includes documents and research files that are part of
Fridkis' legal case files. Clerk transcripts, court decisions, motions and orders, pleadings
before the court, witness depositions and related research files comprise the bulk of the
material. The collection is organized in four series:
Records of the
Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles (Case No. C 882
854)
(1936, 1968-1984),
Records of the California Court of
Appeals
(1969-1988),
Records of the California Supreme Court
(1978-1988), and
Records of the United States Supreme Court
(1978-1982).
Series I,
Records of the Superior Court of the State of California for
the County of Los Angeles (Case No. C 882 854),
contains
briefs, correspondence, declarations, depositions, exhibits, orders of the court, petitions,
transcripts, supporting opinions, testimony, and related legal documents that were filed in
the Superior Court by plaintiffs, defendant Board of Education, and several interveners
including Bustop Inc. The series is further divided into the following seven subseries:
Reporter's Daily Transcripts (1978-1981), arranged
chronologically,
Pleadings (1977-1982), arranged by volume,
document number, and chronologically,
Exhibits (1977-1981),
arranged by exhibit number,
Witness Depositions and Reports
(1969-1981), arranged alphabetically,
Cedar Files - Pleadings
(1977-1979), arranged chronologically,
Reference and Research
Papers
(1936, 1968-1984), arranged alphabetically by title and type, and
Attorney's Fees - Cedar Files (1977-1982), arranged by file
number.
Series II,
Records of the California Court of Appeals,
continues to document the case through the California Court of
Appeals. The series is further divided into the following five subseries:
Clerk's Transcripts (1979 April 18), arranged chronologically,
Appeals by Case
Number (1976-1981), arranged by case number then document number
or chronologically,
Exhibits for Petition of Writ (1976-1981),
filed by exhibit number,
Attorney's Fees (1982-1988), arranged by
document number, and
Research Files Regarding Attorney's Fees
(1969-1988), arranged alphabetically by title.
Series III,
Records of the California Supreme Court,
documents the case through the California Supreme Court. The series
is further divided into the following four subseries:
Records by
Case
Number (1978-1981), arranged by case number, then document
number,
Documents Transferred from the Superior Court (1979),
arranged chronologically,
Documents Transferred from the Court of
Appeals
(1980, 1985), arranged chronologically, and
Records
Regarding Attorney Fees
(1988).
Series IV,
Records of the United States Supreme Court,
documents the case through the United States Supreme Court. Case
documents are arranged by case number and chronologically within.
Series I: Records of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los
Angeles (Case No. 882 854), 1936, 1968-1984
Subseries A: Reporter's Daily Transcripts, 1978-1981
Subseries B: Pleadings, 1977-1982
Subseries C: Exhibits, 1977-1981
Subseries D: Witness Depositions and Reports, 1969-1981
Subseries E: Cedar Files - Pleadings, 1977-1979
Subseries F: Reference and Research Papers, 1936, 1968-1984
Subseries G: Attorney's Fees - Cedar Files, 1977-1982
Series II: Records of the California Court of Appeals, 1969-1988
Subseries A: Clerk's Transcripts, 1979 April 18
Subseries B: Appeals by Case Number, 1976-1981
Subseries C: Exhibits for Petition of Writ, 1976-1981
Subseries D: Attorney's Fees, 1982-1988
Subseries E: Research Files Regarding Attorney's Fees, 1969-1988
Series III: Records of the California Supreme Court, 1978-1988
Subseries A: Records by Case Number, 1978-1981
Subseries B: Documents Transferred from the Superior Court, 1979
Subseries C: Documents Transferred from the Court of Appeals, 1980, 1985
Subseries D: Records Regarding Attorney Fees, 1988
Series IV: Records of the United States Supreme Court, 1978-1982
Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as
a part of the
San Fernando Valley History Digital Library
.
Related Material
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires
the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Cliff Fridkis. 1/1989.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style manual,
or see the
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guide.
Robert G. Marshall, Robert Pflug, Cathy Sluter, Xiaoquan Han; 1988, 1991
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