A coalition of 18 multifaith and nonreligious Texas families filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block dozens of public school districts — including Argyle ISD — from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms as required under Senate Bill 10.

The suit, Ashby v. Schertz-Cibolo-Universal ISD, is the third challenge to the law brought by the ACLU of Texas, the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP serving as pro bono counsel. Two federal judges have already ruled S.B. 10 unconstitutional and issued injunctions covering more than two dozen districts, but families and civil liberties groups argue many other districts have continued to post or plan to post the mandated disp

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