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CASTANEDA v. PICKARD

No. 79-2253.

648 F.2d 989 (1981)

Elizabeth and Katherine CASTANEDA, by their father and next friend, Roy C. Castaneda, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mrs. A. M. "Billy" PICKARD, President, Raymondville Independent School District, Board of Trustees, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

June 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Herrmann, Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., Harlingen, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael K. Swan, Jeffrey A. Davis, Houston, Tex., for Pickard, et al.

Barbara C. Marquardt, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., for Brockette, et al.

Before THORNBERRY, RANDALL and TATE, Circuit Judges.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs, Mexican-American children and their parents who represent a class of others similarly situated, instituted this action against the Raymondville, Texas Independent School District (RISD) alleging that the district engaged in policies and practices of racial discrimination against Mexican-Americans which deprived the plaintiffs and their class of rights secured to them by the fourteenth amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976),...

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