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Imhotep-Nguzo Saba Charter Sch. v. Dep't of Educ.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Denial of applications for new charter schools are affirmed where: 1) a school board policy which looked to the academic and financial success of the...

Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Texas Sys. v. Nippon Tel. & Telegraph Corp.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Patent, Trade Secrets
In a dispute involving the patent of lithium batteries, denial of a motion to dismiss brought by defendant, Japan's largest telecom company, following...

Bowers v. Nat'l Collegiate Athletic Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Sanctions, Sports Law
In a case arising out of a high school athlete's claims that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and several related institutions...

Knight v. Alabama

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Tax Law
Denial of claim that certain tax provisions of the Alabama Constitution violate the U.S. Constitution, where the provisions so seriously underfund...

US v. Phillips

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Evidence, Sentencing
A University of Texas student's conviction for intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage in...

Casey v. W. Las Vegas Indep. Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought against a school district and officials alleging that they demoted and eventually fired plaintiff in retaliation for exercising her...

Mayer v. Monroe County Cmty. Sch. Corp.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging dismissal of a teacher because of her statement of opposition to the war in...

Vergos v. McNeal

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging plaintiff was sexually harassed in his employment at the University of California at Davis, denial of defendant-manager's motion...

Jester v. Gov't of Dist. of Columbia

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law
Award of attorney's fees to prevailing plaintiff in a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is vacated and remanded where the...

Bacon v. City of Richmond, VA

Education Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
Summary judgment for plaintiffs in a suit against a school district seeking to compel the district to retrofit city schools to bring them into...