CLINT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. MARQUEZ

No. 14-0903.

487 S.W.3d 538 (2016)

CLINT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Petitioner, v. Sonia Herrera MARQUEZ, Claudia Garcia, and Alicia Gomez, for and on behalf of their minor children, Respondents

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: April 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan K. McBride , The McBride Law Firm, Robert Darin Darby , Escamilla, Poneck & Cruz, LLP, San Antonio TX, Jeffrey Lee Dorell , Hanszen Laporte, LLP, Houston TX, Juan J. Cruz , Orlando Juarez Jr. , J. Cruz & Associates, LLC, Laredo TX, Teresa Gutierrez , Attorney at Law, Austin TX, for Petitioner.

Jason E. Wright , Ralph Irad Miller , Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, John O'Connor , Attorney at Law, Dallas TX, Carlos E. Cardenas , Law Offices of Carlos Eduardo Cardenas, John Untereker , Attorney at Law, Joseph (Sib) Abraham Jr. (Deceased), Law Offices of Joseph (Sib) Abraham, Jr., El Paso TX, Eleanor Gilbane , Law Offices of Eleanor Heard Gilbane PLLC, Melanie Gray , Winston & Strawn LLP, Meredith Bishop Parenti , Parenti Law PLLC, Houston TX, James C. Harrington , Wayne Nicholas Justice , Krause Yang , Texas Civil Rights Project, Austin TX, for Respondents.

Angela Olalde , Greer Herz & Adams, League City TX, for Amicus Curiae El Paso Interreligious Sponsoring Organization and The Border Network for Human Rights.

Holly McIntush , Thompson & Horton LLP, Austin TX, John David Thompson III , Thompson & Horton LLP, Houston TX, for Amicus Curiae The Texas The Texas Association of School Boards' Legal Assistance Fund.


This Court has previously addressed, and is even now considering, a well-known series of constitutional challenges to the way Texas funds its public schools.1 In each of these cases, school districts and others alleged that...

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