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· 10/3/2023

In Re Lakeland West Capital 41, LLC v. the State of Texas

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  • noting that a federal court may require officials to vote in a certain manner in order to remedy constitutional violations on which the court has made a final ruling
  • noting that \Eighth Amendment does not apply to a civil contempt sentence\
  • rejecting impossibility defense when city had not attempted certain extreme measures to obtain city council compliance with court order
  • countervailing free expression rights insufficient to warrant stay of civil contempt order
  • minority schools lacked playground and recreational space and suffered from lack of classroom space, limited instructional areas for educational specialists and inferior facility conditions
  • minority schools lacked playground and recreational space and suffered from lack of classroom space, limited instructional areas for educational specialists and inferior facility conditions

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