Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Katy Independent School District
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided June 8, 1996No. Civil Action No. H-95-0280PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ATLAS, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. # 19]. For the reasons discussed below, Defendants’ Motion is granted, and Plaintiffs Complaint is dismissed. The Court cannot and should not become an arbiter of classroom disciplinary disputes absent clear proof of intentional discrimination, which simply has not been shown in this case.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Brison Jackson (“Brison”) is a bi-raeial teenager who was 13 years-old when this lawsuit was filed in December 1994. His mother, Natalie Jackson, is white and his father,…
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