LITTELL v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 16-20717.

894 F.3d 616 (2018)

Bettina LITTELL, as parent and next friend of I.L., a minor; Yvonne Benavides, as parent and next friend of A.B., a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Kelly , Attorney, Kelly, Durham & Pittard, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Tobias Anthony Cole , Cole Law firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Christopher Blewer Gilbert , Rebecca S. Bailey , Thompson & Horton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


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