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8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 CE}~RAL DIVISION

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12 GONZALO MENDEZ and SYLVIA, GONZALO
) No. 4292':'M. Civil.
and GERONIMO 1:ENDEZ, by their father
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13 and next of friend GONZALO MENDEZ;
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W1LLIA,r,.; cIDZMAl" and BILLY GUZMAN,
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14 by his father and next of friend,

I WILLHJ! GUZMAN; FRANK PALOMINO, and

15 • ARTHUR and SALLY PALOMINO, by their
father and next of friend, FRANK

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16 P!LOMINO; THOIiAS ESTRADA and CLARA,

ROBERTO, FRANCISCO, SYRIA, DANIEL

17 and EVELINA ESTRADA, by their father

and next of friend, THOMAS ESTRADA;

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18 LORENZO RAMIREZ and IGNACIO, SILVERIO
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and JOSE RAlUREZ, by their father
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19 • a.'1.d next of friend LORENZO RAMIREZ, )
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20 Peti tioners, ) APPEAL BOND
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WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ORANGE )
22 ! COUNTY, and J. A. HOULIHAN, LEWIS )
CO}~Y, RAY SCHMITT, as Trustees, and
23 J. HARRIS, Superintendent of 81l.id
SCHOOL DISTRICT;
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24 GARnER GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT )
O~' ORANGE COUNTY, and WILLIAM C. NOBLE, )
25 I, ROBERT B. SMITH and PAUL APPLEBURY as )
Trustees, and JAMES L. KENT,superinten­ )
26 dent of said School District;
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SAl~A ANA CITY SCHOOLS, and GEORGE R.
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27 WELLS, HIP.A1! ~~. Ctr.RREY, JMLES K.GIVENS,
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, DANIEL W. STOVER and GEORGE J • BUSDIEKER, )
28 its Board of Education, and FRANK A.
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HENDERSON and FJillOLD YOST, its Super­
intendent and Secretary;
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EL MODENO SCHOOL DISTRICT and HENRY )
30 CM,JPBELL, THEODORE HOWER,OLARENCE JOHNSON,
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• as Trustees, and HAROLD HAMMARSTEN,
Superintendent of said school District, ~
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1 KNOW ALL ~ BY THESE PRESENTS: That the UNITED STATES FIDELITY
2 M'D GUARANTY COMPANY, a oorporation organized. under the laws of the state
3 of Maryland, is held. and firmly bound. unto Gonzalo Mendez and Sylvia.
4 Gonzalo and Geronimo Mendez. by their father and. next of friend Gonzalo
5 Mendez; William Guzman, and Billy Guzman, by his father and next of

6 friend, Willia.'1l Guzman; Frank Palomino, and Arthur and. Sally Palomino,

7 ' by their father and next of friend, Frank Palomino; Thomas Estrada and

8 Clara, Roberto, FranCisCO, syria, Daniel and Evelina Estrada, by their

9 father and next of friend, Thomas Estrada; Lorenzo R8~irez and Ignacio,

10 Silverio and Jose Ramirez, by their father and next of friend Lorenzo
11 R8~irez, petitioners, in the sum of Two Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars
12 ($250.00), lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to
13 the said Petitioners for which payment, well and truly to be made, it
14 binds 1tsel:t; its successors and assigns, firmly by these presents.
15 TJIE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE 03LIGATION IS SUCH That, whereas a
16 Judgment was m!?de by the United States District Court, Southern District
17 of Cetlifornia, Central Division, on the 21st day of 'March, 1946, restrain~
18 ing and enjoining the Respondents and/or Defendants from segregating
19 persons and pupils in the Elementary schools of Respondents and/or Defen­
20 dants districts, and that
21 WHEREAS, Respondents and/or Defendants have filed Notice of APpeal !

22 therefrom to the Circuit Court of APpeals' for the Ninth Circuit, and
23 ! are appealing therefrom.
24 • NOW, THEREFORE, if the said Respondents and/or Defendants who shall
25 later be termed Appellants, shall pay the costs if the Appeal is dis­
26 missed 01' the judgment affirmed, or such costs as the AppeThte Court
27! may award if the judgment is modified, then this obligation is to be
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29 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, t:'e corporate seal and name of said surety
30 coopany is hereto affixed and attested by its duly authorized I).ttorney­
31 in-fact, at santa. Ana, orange County, California, this 29th day of
32 1:arch, 1946.

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UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND a.UARANTY
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6 Premium charged for this bond is $10.00 for first year and $10.00
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STATE 0];' CALIFORNIA
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On this ........?:;'::7................... day of.... ~4. r ........... .in the year one thousand nine hundred
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and for said County and State, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared
.;.if.~... a.,.... &:.f:~ ..............................., known to me to be the duly authorized Attorney-in-fact
of the UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY. and the same person whose name
is subscribed to the within instrument as the Attorney-in-fact of said Company and the said .................... ..
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............................·(..: tD-~k' ....... ~:.':;;'t ....................... duly acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of
the UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY thereto as Surety and his own name
as Attorney-in-fact.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in
this certificate first above Vi''1'itten.
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