GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, INC. v. TEXAS DFPS

No. 19-0092.

646 S.W.3d 815 (2022)

GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: June 17, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas B. Bacarisse , Amy Warr , Houston, Robert W. Doggett , Austin, Jerome William Wesevich , El Paso, for Petitioner.

Judd E. Stone II , Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Kristofer S. Monson , Austin, Bruce Bangert , Brent Webster , Houston, Jeffrey C. Mateer , Austin, Todd Lawrence Disher , Nichole Beth Bunker-Henderson , Austin, Cody Rutowski , Kyle Hawkins , Houston, for Respondent Jaime Masters, in her official capacity as DFPS Commissioner.

Jeffrey C. Mateer , Austin, Todd Lawrence Disher , Kristofer S. Monson , Austin, Ryan Lee Bangert , Atty. Gen. W. Kenneth Paxton Jr. , Judd E. Stone II , Brent Webster , Houston, Joseph David Hughes , Nichole Beth Bunker-Henderson , Austin, Kyle Hawkins , Houston, Cody Rutowski , for Respondents Cecile Erwin Young, in her official capacity as HHSC Executive Commissioner, The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Texas Health and Human Services.

Jay W. Brown , Bruce R. Wilkin , Cameron Dernick , Andrew L. Edelman , for Respondent Corrections Corporation of America.

Yvette Changuin , Tamara Goodlette , for Amicus Curiae.

Charles A. Deacon , San Antonio, Mark Thomas Emery , Bertina Buran York, San Antonio, for Respondent.


In this suit, we determine whether the plaintiffs have standing to challenge a Department of Family and Protective Services licensing rule governing immigration detention centers. The court of appeals concluded that the plaintiffs—detained mothers, their children, a day-care operator, and an organization representing their interests...

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