Byrd v. Livingston Independent School District

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, & ORDER OF THE COURT

ROBERT M. PARKER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This case involves an American child’s right to free public education in the state of Texas. The plaintiffs are the grandmothers of three minor children aged 5, 7, and 10 respectively. On September 8, 1987, this court granted a Temporary Restraining Order mandating the children’s immediate enrollment in Livingston I.S.D. The plaintiffs’ claims for injunctive relief rested primarily on two theories: (1) the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment; and (2) Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 21.031…