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Language and the Law
Selected Court Cases Related to Language

Accent Discrimination   ||   Educational Equity and Access for Language
English-Only Workplace Policies Minority   ||   Governmental Accommodation Policies
Racial Segregation   ||   Right to Foreign Lang. Educ.

Accent Discrimination

Andrews v. Cartex Corporation
United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania
1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11468

Ang v. Proctor & Gamble
United States District Court For The Southern District Of Ohio, Western Division
715 F. Supp. 851 (1989)

Bell v. Home Life Insurance
United States District Court For The Middle District Of North Carolina, Greensboro Division
596 F. Supp. 1549 (1984)

Berke v. Ohio Department Of Public Welfare
United States Court Of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
628 F.2d 980 (1980)

Carino v. The University Of Oklahoma Board Of Regents
United States Court Of Appeals For The Tenth Circuit
750 F.2d 815 (1984)

Carroll v. Elliott Personnel Services
United States District Court For The District Of Maryland
1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16676

Casas v. First American Bank
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16623

Dabor v. Dayton Power & Light Company
United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 2402

Dercach v. Indiana Department of Highways
United States District Court For The Northern District Of Indiana, South Bend Division
1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13413

Edwards v. Gladewater Independent School District
United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit
572 F.2d 496 (1978)

Fragante v. Honolulu
United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
888 F.2d 591 (1989)

Garcia v. Victoria Independent School District
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Victoria Division.
1978 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16423;

Gomez v. Illinois State Board of Education
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
811 F.2d 1030 (1987)

Hou v. Pennsylvania, Department Of Education
United States District Court For The Western District Of Pennsylvania
573 F. Supp. 1539 (1993)

Idaho Migrant Council v. Board of Education
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
647 F.2d 69 (1981)

Ipina v. Michigan, Department Of Management & Budget
United States District Court For The Western District Of Michigan, Southern Division
699 F. Supp. 132 (1988)

Kahakua v. Friday
United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit
876 F.2d 896 (1989)

Lubitz v. Garrett
United States Court Of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit
1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 9882

Mandhare v. Lafargue Elementary School
United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Louisiana
605 F. Supp. 238 (1985)

Rodriguez v. City Of Hialeah
United States District Court For The Southern District Of Florida
716 F. Supp. 1425 (1989)

Sparks v. Griffin
United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit
460 F.2d 433 (1972)

Stephen v. PGA
United States Court Of Appeals For The Eleventh Circuit
873 F.2d 276 (1989)

Tran v. City of Houston
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.
1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18958

Vartivarian v. Golden Rule Insurance Company
United States Court Of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit
1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 11632

Xieng v. Peoples National Bank of Washington
Court Of Appeals Of Washington, Division One
821 P.2d 520 (1991)

Educational Equity and Access
for Language Minority Students

Castaneda v. Pickard
United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit
781 F.2d 456 (1986)

Flores v. Arizona
United States District Court For The District Of Arizona
160 F. Supp. 2d 1043 (2000)

Lau v. Nichols
Supreme Court Of The United States
414 U.S. 563 (1974); 94 S. Ct. 786 (1974)

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School v. Michigan Board Of Education
United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan, Southern Division
463 F. Supp. 1027 (1978)

Mendez et al. v. Westminister School Dist. Of Orange County et al.
United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division
64 F. Supp. 544 (1946)

Rios v. Read
United States District Court For The Eastern District Of New York
480 F. Supp. 14 (1978)

Serna v. Portales
United States Court Of Appeals For The Tenth Circuit
499 F.2d 1147 (1974)

English-only Workplace Policies

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Premier Operator Services
United States District Court For The Northern District Of Texas, Dallas Division
113 F. Supp. 2d 1066 (2000)

Garcia v. Alton
United States Court Of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
609 F.2d 156 (1980)

Governmental Accomodation Policies

Alexander v. Sandoval
Supreme Court Of The United States
532 U.S. 275 (2001); 121 S. Ct. 1511 (2001)
(State drivers’ license testing in other languages)

Racial Segregation

Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court Of The United States
163 U.S. 537 (1896); 16 S. Ct. 1138 (1896)

Brown v. Board Of Education
Supreme Court Of The United States
347 U.S. 483 (1954); 74 S. Ct. 686 (1954)

Right to Foreign Language Education

Farrington v. Tokushige
Supreme Court Of The United States
273 U.S. 284 (1927); 47 S. Ct. 406 (1927)

Meyer v. Nebraska
Supreme Court Of The United States
262 U.S. 390 (1923); 43 S. Ct. 625 (1923)

 



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