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HAWKINS v. SARASOTA COUNTY SCH. BD.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Where student-on-student harassment was not so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it systemically deprived the victims of access to the...

MAINE SCH. ADMIN. DIST. NO. 35 v. MR. & MRS. R.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Education Law
Parents who successfully resist, in an independent legal action, the overturning of a stay-put placement on the ground of alleged dangerousness of a...

MCLAUGHLIN v. HOLT PUB. SCH. BD. OF EDUC.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the district court's analysis of the "least restrictive environment" requirement...

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO v. ACE PROPERTY & CAS. INS. CO.

Contracts, Education Law, Insurance Law
The interpretation of "damages" from Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London v. Superior Court (2001) 24 Cal.4th 945 (Powerine I), was properly...

BANKS v. E. BATON ROUGE PARISH SCH. BD.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Employees failed to make a prima facie showing of Title VII retaliation, where they did not show that a school board's implementation of a reading...

LASSONDE v. PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
School officials' actions in censoring sectarian, proselytizing portions of a high school graduation speech were necessary to avoid a conflict with...

BEN-KOTEL v. HOWARD UNIV.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action based on national origin, because plaintiff did not raise the argument that the district court misconceived the...

PETERS v. BALDWIN UNION FREE SCH. DIST.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Evidence, from which a jury could have concluded that the defendants terminated plaintiff because they perceived her as suicidal and substantially...

GARCIA v. UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Where there was no evidence that any of the defendants violated University rules in the course of pursuing disciplinary action against plaintiff,...

PLANS, INC. v. SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED SCH. DIST.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Tax Law
A non-profit corporation had taxpayer standing to bring a suit challenging a "Waldorf" school's curriculum as a whole, and has shown that a measurable...