United States Fifth Circuit

Texas student subject to excessive corporal punishment from teacher may not bring a federal civil rights claim under 42 USC 1983 because Section 22.051(a) of the Texas Education Code provides an adequate civil remedy under state law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/01/2000
• Published 12/01/2000

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, WIENER, Circuit Judge, and LYNN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Herbert Neil Lackshin (argued), Steven Engelhardt (argued), Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric W. Schulze (argued), Daniel Matthew Burns, Walsh, Anderson, Brown, Schulze & Aldridge, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.