FACTS
In 1973, Kinney Kinmon Lau, represented by his mother Mrs. Kam Wai Lau, was one of approximately 1,800 out of 2,800 Chinese students of limited English ability, who believe that San Francisco Unified School District failed to provide English language instruction therefore denying the students from a “meaningful opportunity to participate in the public educational program”1 and therefore violated Section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; banning discrimination based on “the ground of race, color, or national origin” in “any program receiving Federal financial assistance”2. The ruling was first denied by the court but the Court of