BACCUS v. PARRISH

No. 94-10017.

45 F.3d 958 (1995)

Roy BACCUS, Individually and as Guardian of Larry Baccus, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Linda H. PARRISH, et al., Defendants-Appellees, John Lelsz, By and Through his Parents and Guardians, Mr. and Mrs. John Lelsz, and Advocacy, Inc., Intervening-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Coke Mills, R. John Cullar, Mills, Millar, Matkin & Cullar, Waco, TX, for appellants.

Nancy A. Trease, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Parrish.

Garth Anthony Corbett, Advocacy, Inc., Austin, TX, for Advocacy, Inc.

David Ferleger, Philadelphia, PA, for Lelsz plaintiff class.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:*

The appellants challenged the creation of a task force empowered to make recommendations to the governor of Texas on the closing of certain schools for the mentally retarded. The appellants originally brought this challenge in Texas state court and the appellees removed the case to the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The appellants filed a motion to remand which was subsequently denied...

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