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Lawrence Township v. State of New Jersey

Education Law, Family Law, Government Law, Juvenile Law
Plaintiff-Township does not have a private right of action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to force defendant-State of New...

White Buffalo Ventures v. Univ. of Texas

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Education Law
Defendant-University's internal anti-solicitation policy, which blocked plaintiff's attempts to send unsolicited bulk commercial email, is not...

Benjamin G. v. Special Education Hearing Office

Education Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law
Under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, parents are entitled to have their expert observe their child's proposed placement in an...

O'Connor v. Washburn Univ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
A statue entitled Holier Than Thou, which depicts the head and upper torso of a Roman Catholic bishop, placed on a university campus does not...

Coleman v. Sch. Bd. of Richland Parish

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a lawsuit alleging federal claims for intentional racial discrimination, defendant-school board's insurance company has a duty to defend since...

Belda v. Marshall

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
In a bankruptcy case, plaintiff's appeal of an order reversing confirmation of his reorganization plan is dismissed as moot.

Gore v. Indiana Univ.

Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-University on plaintiff's claim of gender bias is affirmed where he has offered no proof that could lead any trier of...

Lifton v. Bd. of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff-teacher's suit, which alleges that she was disciplined in retaliation for First-Amendment protected speech, is dismissed where...

Meeker v. Edmundson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly refused to grant defendant-high school wrestling coach qualified immunity in a suit alleging that he violated the...

In Re: Alderete

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
Plaintiffs' student loan debt is reinstated where the bankruptcy court properly determined that their student loans did not impose an "undue hardship"...