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County of Westchester v. Bd. of Trustees of S.U.N.Y.

Education Law
In action seeking to annul certain amendments to regulations promulgated by respondent, order of Appellate Division is modified to declare that the...

Parents Involved in Cmty. Sch. v. Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In cases involving school districts that voluntarily adopted student assignment plans that rely upon race to determine which public schools certain...

Unified Sch. Dist. No. 259 v. Disability Rights Ctr. of Kansas

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
An appeal in a case involving a dispute about access to student records between a school district and a protection and advocacy agency, the appeal is...

Morse v. Frederick

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
Schools may take steps to safeguard those entrusted to their care from speech that can reasonably be regarded as encouraging illegal drug use. Thus,...

Tennessee Secondary Sch. Athletic Ass'n v. Brentwood Academy.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Sports Law
The enforcement of a rule prohibiting high school coaches from recruiting middle school athletes does not violate the First Amendment.

Washington Univ. v. Catalona

Education Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a declaratory judgment action involving ownership of biological materials contributed by individuals for the purpose of genetic cancer research and...

Thompson v. Aramark Sch. Support Servs., Inc.

Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a former food service worker against her employer alleging that she was terminated in violation of the Michigan...

Elementary Sch. Dist. 159 v. Schiller

Education Law, Government Law
In the matter of the detachment of 140 acres in an unincorporated area of Cook County from elementary and high school districts there and its...

Andrew M. v. Delaware County Office of Mental Health & Mental Retardation

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Evidence, Health Law
A decision finding that defendant-county agency had violated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Rehabilitation Act (RA) by...

Mattis v. State Universities Retirement System

Education Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
In a matter concerning benefits calculation for a law professor retired from Southern Illinois University under early retirement provisions, the...