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Guide to the Cliff Fridkis Legal Files of the Bustop
Campaign Collection, 1928-1988
URB/BUS/II
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Collection Title: Cliff Fridkis Legal Files of the
Bustop Campaign Collection
Dates: 1928-1988
Bulk Dates: 1962-1982
Identification: URB/BUS/II
Creator:
Fridkis, Cliff, 1947-
Physical Description: 27.72 linear feet
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Urban Archives
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.
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.
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Better Education for
Students Today (BEST)
Bustop
(Organization)
Los Angeles Unified School
District
Real Parties in
Interest
United Teachers Los
Angeles
Paper records
Los Angeles (Calif.) --
Race relations
Los Angeles (Calif.). Board
of Education.
San Fernando Valley
(Calif.) -- Race relations
Crain, Robert L.
Fiedler, Bobbi, 1937-
Fridkis, Cliff, 1947-
Getelson, Alfred
Robbins, Alan, 1943
-
African Americans -- Civil rights --
California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
Busing for school integration
Busing for school integration --
California
Civil rights -- California -- Los
Angeles
Integration Project
Newspaper court reporting
Robert G. Marshall, Robert Pflug, Cathy Sluter, Xiaoquan Han; 1988, 1991
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s)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.
The collection is open for research use.
Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available
electronically as a part of the
San Fernando Valley History Digital
Library.
For more information please see
https://digital-library.csun.edu/.
For information about citing items in this collection consult the appropriate style
manual, or see the
Citing Archival Materials
guide.
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
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.