GONZALES v. MATHIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 19-40776.

978 F.3d 291 (2020)

Belen GONZALES, individually; Pedro Gonzales, Jr., individually; C.G., by and through his parents and legal guardians; D.G., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MATHIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamie Alan Aycock , Kelsee A. Foote , Kenneth Alan Young , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Dennis J. Eichelbaum , Andrea L. Mooney , Scott Walker Thomas , Eichelbaum, Wardell, Hansen, Powell & Munoz, P.C., Plano, TX, Heather Rose Rutland , Eichelbaum Wardell Hansen Powell & Munoz, P.C., Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Owen, Chief Judge, and Higginbotham and Willett, Circuit Judges.


Two brothers and their parents sought injunctive relief under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act to prevent Mathis Independent School District from excluding them from extracurricular activities based on their religiously motivated hairstyles. The district court granted preliminary injunctions to...

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