Privilege Denied for Texas Officials in Hair Policy Deposition

Two Texas school district officials lost a bid to cancel a deposition in a case involving a hair policy that some say discriminates against Black males, a federal appeals court panel said.

The superintendent and former trustee board president of Barbers Hill Independent School District aren’t entitled to legislative privilege because they have been dismissed as parties to the litigation, judges on the Fifth Circuit said.

And though the district remains a party, it lacks standing to pursue the privilege on behalf of the officials, the judges said.

“This case’s cart precedes its horse,” Judge Kurt Engelhardt wrote. “Appellants seek ...