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WILLIAMS v. LARA

No. 99-0273.

52 S.W.3d 171 (2001)

David WILLIAMS, in his capacity as Sheriff of Tarrant County, Texas, and Tarrant County, Texas, Petitioners, v. Ruth Maree LARA and Michael Huff, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell A. Friemel, Van Thompson, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Kristi LaRoe, Office of the Criminal District Attorney, Fort Worth, for Petitioners.

Laurance L. Priddy, Aledo, Richard A. Rohan, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dawn Ryan Budner, Bell Nunnally & Martin, Barbara M.G. Lynn, Christopher John Scanlan, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, for Respondents.

Justice HANKINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves a dispute over a religious-education program in a Tarrant County jail facility. Our inquiry focuses on the Chaplain's Education Unit (CEU), a separate unit within the Tarrant County Corrections Center (TCCC), where inmates can volunteer for instruction in a curriculum approved by the sheriff and director of chaplaincy at the jail as consistent with the sheriff's and chaplain's views of Christianity...

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