The Ninth Circuit Court's decision in Mendez v. Westminster __________.

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Mendez v. Westminster was a case that challenged the segregation of Mexican-American students in Orange County, California. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that separate schools based on race were unconstitutional and violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Therefore, the correct answer is D: outlawed segregated schools for Mexican Americans.

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