NORTH EAST INDEP. SCHOOL DIST. v. RIOU

No. 18-0986.

598 S.W.3d 243 (2020)

NORTH EAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and Texas Commissioner of Education, Petitioners, v. Dehann RIOU, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: March 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Powell Owen , Deats Durst & Owen, PLLC, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas AFT.

Jacob Woodward , Rogers, Morris & Grover, LLP, Houston, for Amicus Curiae Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund.

Ricardo Rene Lopez , Christopher H. Schulz , Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein, LLP, San Antonio, for Petitioners North East Independent School District.

Natalie D. Thompson , Andrew J. Lutostanski , Brantley David Starr , Craig J. Pritzlaff , Darren Lee McCarty , Kyle D. Hawkins , Office of the Attorney General, Austin, James Edward Davis , The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Jeffrey C. Mateer , Texas Attorney General's Office, Austin, Nichole Beth Bunker-Henderson , Assistant Attorney General, Austin, W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Attorney General of Texas Office of the Attorney General, Austin, for Petitioners Texas Commissioner of Education.

Amanda W. Moore , Russell G. Ramirez , Texas State Teachers Association, Austin, for Respondent.


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