Case: Lopez v. Seccombe

03158 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: 1943

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Case Summary

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This was a case about whether the City of San Bernardino could lawfully restrict Mexican Americans from using the city's public pool because of their race. This was one of the first successful judicial challenges to racial segregation.

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Case Details

State / Territory:

California

Case Type(s):

Public Accommodations/ Contracting/ Organizational Discrimination

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1943

Case Ongoing: No

Case Details

Other Dockets:

Southern District of California 03158

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