Wilson

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

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I. INTRODUCTION.1012

II. THE INITIATIVE .1012

III. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION STANDARD.1014

IV. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.1014

V. LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS ON THE MERITS.1015

VI. RIPENESS AND STANDING.1015

VII. EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ACT .'. 1016

VIII. SUPREMACY CLAUSE. 1021

IX. TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.1022

X. EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE.1023

XI. TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION .1025

XII. RIPENESS REVISITED .1026

XIII. IRREPARABLE INJURY AND PUBLIC INTEREST.1027

XIV. OTHER ARGUMENTS.1027

XV. CONCLUSION . 1027

I. INTRODUCTION On June 2, 1998 the voters of California approved Proposition 227, an initiative statute entitled “English Language in Public Schools.” The statute amends the California Education Code to change the system under which students who are limited in English proficiency are educated in California’s public schools. On June 3, 1998 plaintiffs filed this action challenging Proposition 227 under federal statutes and the United States Constitution.

Plaintiffs now move for a preliminary injunction “enjoining defendants from implementing Proposition 227” pending the trial of this…