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Williams v. Utica College of Syracuse Univ.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a negligence action against a university brought by plaintiff-student after she was assaulted in her dormitory room by an unidentified assailant,...

Shelby S v. Conroe Indep. Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
In the context of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), where a school district articulates reasonable grounds for its necessity to...

Little Rock Sch. Dist. v. N. Little Rock Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Remedies
In a case involving school desegregation, denial of a school district's request for unitary status is affirmed where, although a district court may...

Arlington Cent. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Murphy

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
An Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provision that permits a court to "award reasonable attorneys' fees as part of the costs" to...

Wise v. Dep't of Mgmt. Servs.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Education Law, Elder Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
A denial of retirement credit for a retired public school teacher by the Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement, is reversed where...

Bailey v. Dep't of Elementary & Secondary Educ.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment as a matter of law for defendant-employer, an agency, in a First Amendment retaliation case is affirmed where: 1) there was no error...

Porco v. Trs. of Indiana Univ.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Remedies
Suit challenging the constitutionality of a state university's residency classification scheme is dismissed where the disbursement of disputed funds...

Bassett v. Lakeside Inn, Inc.

Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Demurrer without leave to amend sustained against plaintiffs, parents who sued a drunk driver and others for wrongful death after their daughter was...

Am. Trades Inst. of Florida, Inc. v. Sanchez

Civil Procedure, Education Law
Discovery order is quashed where it did not restrict plaintiffs from using the names of students acquired through discovery to solicit additional...

Univ. of Miami v. Wilson

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Denial of defendant's motion to dismiss in a medical malpractice wrongful death suit is affirmed where a medical malpractice presuit notice is valid...