all - Opinion Summaries

Fields v. Palmdale Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Parents have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be...

Saville v. Sierra College

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's negligence suit, stemming from an injury suffered while practicing arrest and control techniques during a peace officer training class, is...

Branham v. Dist. of Columbia

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the district court's order, requiring defendant to provide tutoring and private...

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

Constitutional Law, Education Law
The use of an integration tiebreaker by defendant-school district in its high school admission program does not violate the federal Constitution's...

US v. Oakland City Univ.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
Defendant-University, seeking federal subsidies under the Higher Education Act, violated the False Claims Act when it paid a recruiter contingent fees...

Burton v. Town of Littleton

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A local school district's transmission of a termination letter to the state Commissioner of Education does not constitute public dissemination of...

Bennett v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.

Class Actions, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
The factual basis for plaintiffs' class claim--multiple, simultaneous incineration of human remains--is not an actionable wrong in the context of a...

Reynolds v. Pennsylvania Higher Educ.

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
The bankruptcy court did not err in discharging plaintiff-debtor's student loans under a totality of the circumstances test where the detrimental...

MBIA Ins. Corp. v. Royal Indem. Co.

Education Law, Insurance Law
In a suit for repayment of defaulted student loans that were insured, summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-beneficiary is reversed where...

Cerra v. Pawling Cent. Sch. Dist.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-parents' claims under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) is reversed where the district...