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JOEL E. OGLE
COUNTY COUNSEL
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3 GEORGE F. HOLDEN
4 .3 1S Hall of Reoords
MAR 2 I) 1946
5 Saata Ana, California
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OALIFORNIA
10 CENTRAL DIVISION
11 GONZALO MENDEZ, et al..
12 Plaintiffs,
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No. 4-292-M
14 WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT
15 OF ORANGE COUNTY, at al., RESPONDENTS OBJECTIONS TO FINDINGS
OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Defendants.
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Respondents obJeot to the Findings of Faot for the following
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That the said Findings of Faot entirely mmit to find ~pon the
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22 ·quastian of equal faoil1t1es furnished!. in the separate schaals in the
23 several Distriots. In our opinion, such a finding of faot is essential
24 as pertaining to the question of Jurisdiction of this Court. The un-
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26 sohools are 1dentioal. We therefore request that an additional finding
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28~court in ita o~nolua1GDs, filed on February 19, 194-6, on page 5 thereof.
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liThe reoerd before us shows without eenf1ht
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that the teohn1cal fao1l1t1es and physioal oon
ven1enoes offered in the sohoo1s housing entirely
the segregated pupils, the eff1c1enoy of the
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3. other sohools in the respeot1ve d1striots."
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