all - Opinion Summaries

Holton v. City of Thomasville Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a class action lawsuit alleging race discrimination in a school system, judgment in favor of defendant-school district is reversed where the...

Comprehensive Cmty. Solutions, Inc. v. Rockford School Dist. No. 205

Education Law
In the matter of an Illinois State Board of Education decision regarding the funding of a proposed charter school, State Board rejection of the...

Racine Charter One, Inc. v. Racine Unified Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Defendant-school district's refusal to bus plaintiff-charter school's students does not constitute a violation of the Equal Protection Clause where...

Bd. of Trustees v. Super. Ct. of San Diego

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Deposition transcripts are not subject to the pending litigation exemption of the Public Records Act, Government Code section 6254(b), where they are...

Morris-Hayes v. Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 for violation of the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the district court did not err...

Johnson-Kurek v. Abu-Absi

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
A university may constitutionally require a lecturer to provide detailed advice to students about the administrative aspects of a course.

Am. Civil Liberties Union v. Mote

Constitutional Law, Education Law
A university's policy which restricts speech in outdoor areas by members of the general public does not violate the speech clause of the First...

Shuman v. Penn Manor Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Defendant-school district did not violate plaintiff's due process and equal protection rights when it investigated an incident of alleged sexual...

Hertzel v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
The bankruptcy court properly granted plaintiff-debtor a discharge of her student loans where excepting the loan from discharge would impose an undue...

Pardini v. Allegheny Intermediate Unit

Education Law, Juvenile Law
The district court erred when it concluded that the stay-put rule of section 1415(j) of the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act does not...