How did the Mendez vs. Westminster school district case impact the brown case?

Question

Where there any impact on the Brown Case?

Answer 1

Before I answer your question, I first have to point out that the case is not Mendez vs Westminster. It is Mendez et al vs. Westminster et al and the California Board of Education. “et al” is used when you are citing many names and you want to shorten it for simplicity. It means “and others”. There were FIVE families involved in the case, not just the Mendez family. Each family has its own story and each family was just as important as the Mendez family.

Thomas Estrada,William Guzmán, Gonzalo Mendez, Frank Palomino, and Lorenzo Ramírez, with the help of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), sued four local school districts for segregating their children.
In case you are wondering why I am so adamant about this fact, Lorenzo Ramírez was my grandfather and my two oldest uncles where two of the children that were denied access to attending a “white” school. Since this case came back into the limelight, the Mendez family has unscrupulously taken all the credit. Even the documentary about the case purposely removed all references to the other families and edited out the “et al” from the name of the case. That's why now you often see the “et al” missing from the name in many sources.

With that out of the way, I would like to answer your question. The case Mendez et al vs Westminster et al and the California Board of Education impacted the Brown case in three very important ways.

First, it was a landmark case. That means it was the first of it's kind and it set a precedence for future cases, including Brown Vs the Board of Education of Topeka et al.

Thurgood Marshall was also involved and filed briefs on behalf of the case. Later he would become part the legal team to successfully argue Brown Vs. Board of Education.

Last, as the direct result of the Mendez case, the California legislature passed the Anderson Bill (1947), a measure that repealed all California school codes mandating segregation and was signed into law by Earl Warren, who was then governor of California. Former Governor Warren eventually became the U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice who presided over the Brown vs. Board of Education case.

Hope this helps out!

Answer 2

Mendez Vs Westminster

Answer 3

Mendez V Westminster

Answer 4

http://www.idra.org/mendezbrown/mendez_case.html

the ruling probably helped brown case against segregation.