A class-action lawsuit has been filed by a group of Texas families in the third legal challenge over displays of the Ten Commandments in classrooms across the state.

On Tuesday, a group of 18 multifaith and nonreligious families filed the class-action suit, which requests a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against any school district not already involved in litigation over Senate Bill 10, the Texas law requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

The plaintiffs are represented by several civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union.

The new lawsuit names 16 school districts, including seven in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

The lawsuit is the latest development in a saga of lawsuits over the law. In July, a group of 16 families filed a suit against 11 districts, which resulted in a temporary injunction filed by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery in August. The school districts appealed that decision, and the case will be heard by an appeals court in 2026. The injunction filed remains standing until then.

In September, another lawsuit was filed by 15 families in 14 districts. U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia filed an injunction in that suit requiring those districts to remove any Ten Commandments displays by Dec. 1.

Representatives for most of the districts in Dallas/Fort Worth had not responded to requests to comment late Tuesday afternoon. A representative for the Wylie school district said that they had not been made aware of the new lawsuit and could not comment.

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