Ho v. San Francisco Unified School District
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Ho v. San Francisco Unified School District was a 1994 class action lawsuit by the Asian American Legal Foundation challenging the use of racial quotas after NAACP v. SFUSD limiting the enrollment of Chinese Americans by the San Francisco Unified School District. As a result of the case, San Francisco Unified school district switched to a system using a "diversity index" that excluded race as an alternative to the quota system.
Quick Facts Ho v. San Francisco Unified School District, Argued April 15, 1998 Decided June 4, 1998 ...
Ho v. San Francisco Unified School District | |
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Argued April 15, 1998 Decided June 4, 1998 | |
Full case name | Brian Ho, by his parent and next friend, Carl Ho; Patrick Wong, by his parent and next friend, Charlene Wong; Hilary Chen, by her parent and next friend, jane chen, plaintiffs-appellants, v. san francisco unified school district; san francisco board of education; Waldemar Rojas, superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District; Board of Education of the State of California; California Department of Education; William d. Dawson; San Francisco National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, defendants-appellees. Brian Ho, by his parent and next friend, Carl Ho, petitioner, v. United States District court for the northern district of california, respondent, san francisco unified school district, real party in interest. |
Citation(s) | 147 F.3d 854, 98 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4277, 98 Daily Journal DAR 6066 |
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Appeal Dismissed. Petition for mandamus Denied. | |
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Chief Justice | John T. Noonan Jr., Stephen S. Trott, Evan J. Wallach |
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Majority | John T. Noonan Jr., Stephen S. Trott |
Dissent | Evan J. Wallach |
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With the resulting consent decree creating a new Diversity Index admissions system, that ultimately resegregated the school district as a result of the Diversity Index created from a settlement in 2001, compared to the previous admissions system created from the 1983 consent decree in NAACP v. SFUSD.