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Tegic Communications Corp. v. Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Texas Sys.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
Dismissal of a declaratory judgment action against a university involving a patent for a method of inputting text into a device keyboard is affirmed...

Massey v. Johnson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 retaliation case is affirmed where plaintiffs presented no direct evidence linking their...

Gray v. Bostic

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Denial of defendants' motions for summary judgment based on qualified immunity, in case involving the detention and handcuffing of a nine-year-old...

Beck v. Maximus, Inc.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A proposed class representative is neither typical nor adequate if the representative is subject to a unique defense that is likely to become a major...

Sanford v. Stiles

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment against plaintiff, the mother of a boy who committed suicide, in a civil rights action against a school district and one if its...

Alabama Educ. Ass'n v. Chao

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of organizations representing public sector employees in a dispute over whether a financial reporting requirement of the...

Point Park Univ. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over whether the National Labor Relations Act bars a university's faculty from organizing a bargaining unit, a university's petition for...

City of Marina v. Bd. of Trustees of the California State Univ.

Administrative Law, Construction, Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Military Law
In a challenge to an environmental impact report (EIR) prepared by the Board of Trustees of the California State University involving a plan to expand...

Frank G. v. Board of Educ. of Hyde Park

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Education Law
Order for defendants to reimburse plaintiffs for tuition and attorney fees, in action seeking reimbursement from defendant school district for private...

Laskowsi v. Spellings

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
Petition for rehearing in a case under the Establishment Clause concerning distribution of funds to Notre Dame University is denied. The University...