all - Opinion Summaries

Lee v. Pine Bluff Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims against a school district and a school's band director arising from the death of her son while...

Vives v. Fajardo

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
Summary judgment for the Puerto Rico Secretary of Education in a suit alleging retaliation in violation of the Rehabilitation Act is affirmed where...

Farzana K. v. IN Dep't of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law
Dismissal of a claim against a school district by an autistic child regarding the child's educational program is vacated and remanded where...

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to a statewide ballot initiative which amended the Michigan Constitution to prohibit discrimination or preferential treatment based on...

Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Texas Political Subdivisions Prop./Cas. Joint Self-Insurance Fund

Contracts, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
A self-insurance fund composed of local political subdivisions does not enjoy governmental immunity against a fund member school district-s coverage...

Straights & Gays for Equal. (SAGE) v. Osseo Area Sch. - Dist. No. 279

Civil Rights, Education Law, Remedies
Grant of preliminary injunction to an association of students, Straights and Gays for Equality (SAGE), on their Equal Access Act claim, requiring that...

Weaver v. Sch. Bd. of Leon County, Florida

Civil Procedure, Education Law
An appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where the order on appeal was not an appealable order.

Scheidemantle v. Slippery Rock Univ. State Sys. of Higher Educ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the context of the qualification prong of a prima facie case of discrimination under Title VII, an employer that hires someone who lacks a job...

Rotunno v. Bd. of Prof'l Eng'rs

Administrative Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of an engineer's application for licensure by endorsement, based on a finding that he had not obtained the requisite education, is affirmed...

Doe v. Tangipahoa Parish Sch. Bd.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
A permanent injunction barring a school board from opening its meetings with prayer is affirmed where the prayers demonstrated a clear preference for...