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Sallis v. Univ. of Minnesota

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the district court abused its...

Allison C. v. Advanced Educ. Serv.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, the trial court erred in failing to grant defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict where there was no...

Cavanaugh v. Cardinal Local Sch. Dist.

Education Law, Family Law
Non-lawyer parents may not represent their child in an action brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.

Maryland Stadium Auth. v. Ellerbe Becket Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Education Law
In a suit for breach of contract arising from the construction of a new arena for the University of Maryland, the district court lacked removal...

A.R. v. N.Y. Dep't of Educ.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Education Law
For the award of attorneys' fees under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a settlement of an administrative proceeding is the equivalent...

Doe v. Miller

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law
Iowa Code, section 692A.2A, which prohibits convicted sex offenders from residing within 2000 feet of a school or registered child care facility, does...

Brooks v. Univ. of Wisconsin Bd. of Regents

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Plaintiffs' claim of a First Amendment violation, stemming from defendant's alleged retaliatory closure of a research clinic, is dismissed where...

Neal v. Barnhart

Education Law, Government Benefits
Defendant-Commissioner's decision that plaintiff's childhood supplemental security income benefits should terminate is affirmed where her disabilities...

Pennycuff v. Fentress County Bd. of Educ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant-school board did not deny plaintiff-teacher due process when it terminated his employment without affording him the protections of a tenured...

Ass'n for Disabled Americans v. Florida Int'l Univ.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
The Eleventh Amendment does not prevent a disabled person from suing a state university under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.