Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson
| Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson | |
|---|---|
 U.S. LEXIS 1458 | |
| Case history | |
| Prior | On application for stay pending appeal |
| Holding | |
| The Court declined to issue a stay of a Federal District Court's order reassigning pupils of Chinese ancestry to elementary public schools in San Francisco. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Douglas, in chambers |
Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson, 404 U.S. 1215 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the desegregation of schools in San Francisco.
In 1971, the San Francisco Unified School District attempted to desegregate the school system by reassigning pupils attending segregated schools to other public schools. The School District submitted a comprehensive plan for desegregation, which the District Court approved.
Brown v. Board of Education was not written for blacks alone
Some Chinese parents protested the move, because in the Asian schools the students could learn about their cultural heritage, and they would lose this if they went to public schools.[1]
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The Supreme Court too denied the stay, saying
So far as the overriding questions of law are concerned, the decision of the District Court seems well within bounds. It would take some intervening event or some novel question of law to induce me as Circuit Justice to overrule the considered action of my Brethren of the Ninth Circuit.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 404
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka(1954)
References
- ISBN 1-57356-148-7. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
External links
- Text of Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson, 404 U.S. 1215 (1971) is available from: Justia Library of Congress