A San Antonio appeals court dismissed a mother's lawsuit against San Antonio Independent School District over her fifth-grade son's discipline, ruling that state courts had no authority to review the case, and rebuked her attorney for citing four court decisions that either did not exist or did not say what he claimed. The case arose from 10 September 2025, when 10-year-old Julian Cortez was detained, suspended and assigned to a 25-day alternative school programme after bringing a child-safe Montessori fruit knife to Mark Twain Dual Language Academy.