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  2. Mendez v. Westminster - Wikipedia

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    Suggesting that placing students in these separate "Mexican Schools" was having a major effect on their graduation rate, and the decision in the case of Mendez v. Westminster made a positive change. George L. Sanchez, who served as an expert witness in the case, was asked if the Mendez decision could have any influence on Brown v.

  3. Duke of Westminster's Case - Wikipedia

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    The Duke of Westminster's case was an often cited case in tax avoidance. The full title and citation was Inland Revenue Commissioners v. Duke of Westminster [1936] A.C. 1; [1] 19 TC 490. The Duke of Westminster used to employ a gardener and pay him from his post-tax

  4. Felicitas Méndez - Wikipedia

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    Westminster case. [16] [17] The unveiling took place during an event at Chapman University School of Education, Orange County, California commemorating the 60th anniversary of the landmark case. [18] On September 9, 2009, a second namesake school opened in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The "Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez Learning Center" is a dual ...

  5. Bill seeks to rename L.A. courthouse after Latino family who ...

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    Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., will introduce legislation to rename the Los Angeles U.S. Courthouse after the Latino family whose lawsuit Mendez v. Westminster paved the way for school desegregation.

  6. Sylvia Mendez - Wikipedia

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    Westminster case, the landmark desegregation case of 1946. The case successfully ended de jure segregation in California [1] and paved the way for integration and the American civil rights movement. [2] Mendez grew up during a time when most southern and southwestern schools were segregated. In the case of California, Hispanics were not allowed ...

  7. Mendez vs. Westminster: For All the Children - Wikipedia

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    Mendez vs. Westminster: For All the Children/Para Todos los Niños discusses the little-known Orange County case that made California the first state in the nation to end school segregation – seven years before Brown v. Board of Education. NAACP attorney Thurgood Marshall and then-California Governor Earl Warren played key roles in both cases.

  8. Waste firm given go-ahead to sue government - AOL

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    Ministers denied the firm's arguments and said the case should be thrown out of court. ... Holyrood ministers are expected to align their return scheme to match Westminster's version, though Wales ...

  9. Westminster system - Wikipedia

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    The Westminster system was adopted by a number of countries which subsequently evolved or reformed their system of government departing from the original model. In some cases, certain aspects of the Westminster system were retained or codified in their constitutions.