Lau v. Nichols
Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously decided that the lack of supplemental language instruction in public school for students with limited English proficiency violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court held that since non-English speakers were denied a meaningful education, the disparate impact caused by the school policy violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the school district was demanded to provide students with "appropriate relief".
| Lau v. Nichols | |
|---|---|
Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued December 10, 1973 Decided January 21, 1974 | |
| Full case name | Lau, et al. v. Nichols, et al. |
| Citations | 414 U.S. 563 (more) 94 S. Ct. 786; 39 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 151 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Holding | |
| The failure of the San Francisco school system to provide English language instruction to approximately 1,800 students of Chinese ancestry who do not speak English violates § 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist |
| Concurrence | Stewart, joined by Burger, Blackmun |
| Concurrence | White |
| Concurrence | Blackmun, joined by Burger |
| Laws applied | |
| Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 | |
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