Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided May 12, 1969No. Civ. A. 68-175-SAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPEARS, Chief Judge:
The threshold question is whether or not this case is one which should be heard by a three-judge court. Our answer is in the negative.
This is a suit by Mexican-American residents of the Edgewood Independent School District in Bexar County, Texas, against all the school districts in the San Antonio Metropolitan Area, wherein it is contended that the Texas system (Title 49, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes) allowing each independent school district to collect taxes for use exclusively within that particular school district, violates the constitutional right of children in…
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