Mendez v$.$ Westminster

Mendez v$.$ Westminster

Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit $($Links to an external site.$)$

Full case name

Mendez et al$.$ v$.$ Westminster School Dist. of Orange County et al$.$

Argued

February $18,1946$

Decided

April $14,1947$

Citation$($s$)$

$161$ F$\mathrm{.}2$d $($Links to an external site.$)774($Links to an external site.$)(9$th Cir. $1947)$

Case history

Prior action$($s$)$

$64$ F$.$Supp. $($Links to an external site.$)544($Links to an external site.$)($C$.$D$.$ Cal. $($Links to an external site.$)1946)$

Holding

Separate educational facilities primarily used to segregated pupils are inherently unequal and violate the Equal Protection Clause $($Links to an external site.$),$ even if such facilities have the same layout and equal amenities, due to the notion that segregation promotes the creation of biases and hinders the linguistic and cultural commonality between such segregated groups.