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TIJERINA v. HENRY

No. 1776, Misc.

398 U.S. 922 (1970)

TIJERINA ET AL. v. HENRY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 25, 1970.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

Appellants brought this suit as a class action, claiming to represent a class "designated as Indo-Hispano, also called Mexican, Mexican-American and Spanish American, [which is] generally characterized by Spanish surnames, mixed Indian and Spanish ancestry and . . . Spanish as a primary or maternal language."1 The District...

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