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G v. FORT BRAGG DEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Civil Rights, Education Law
An Individuals with Disabilities Education Act claim is remanded for determination whether an autistic child's Individualized Education Program met...

PACE v. BOGALUSA CITY SCH. BD.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
ADA Title II, Rehabilitation Act, and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) claims against state defendants are barred by state sovereign...

CJN v. MINNEAPOLIS PUB. SCHS.

Civil Rights, Education Law
In an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act claim, defendant provided plaintiff a free, appropriate third grade education and was not obligated...

KU v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Appearing without objection and defending on the merits is a form of voluntary invocation of federal court jurisdiction sufficient to waive a state's...

THOMAS v. ROBERTS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
On remand from the Supreme Court, the district court's grant of qualified immunity to a school that performed a strip search on its students is...

SH. A. v. TUCUMCARI MUN. SCHS.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A reasonable teacher would have known in the spring of 1997 that sexual harassment which gives rise to a violation of equal protection in the...

LONG v. EDUC. CREDIT MGMT. CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law
In assessing whether repayment of a student loan imposes an undue hardship, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel erred in applying a clearly erroneous...

FOLEY v. UNIV. OF HOUSTON SYS.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred in rejecting a defense of qualified immunity with respect to a university faculty member's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 retaliation...

WINDLE v. CITY OF MARION

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
A police department's delayed reaction to its purported knowledge of an improper relationship between a minor student and a teacher did not violate...

BERNSTEIN v. LOPEZ

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
School board members are protected by qualified immunity from claims by former school principals and vice-principals after reassignment, as plaintiffs...