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Payne v. Peninsula Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by the mother of an autistic student, dismissal of the action is affirmed...

T.E. v. Grindle

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against an elementary principal and the school district's band teacher arising from molestation of several young...

Buck v. Thomas M. Cooley Law Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law
In plaintiff's lawsuit against her former law school claiming violation of the ADA and breach of various implied contracts, arising from her dismissal...

In Re: Kirkland

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law
District court's determination that the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to determine the post-petition interest and collection costs to which the...

California Sch. Employees Ass'n v. Torrance Unified Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' suit against a school district claiming that it violated Education Code section 45203 by failing to pay regular wages to classified...

Newdow v. Rio Linda Union Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an Establishment Clause action by the atheist parent of a student challenging the recitation of the pledge of allegiance by other students in the...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & Sch.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination and retaliation action brought by a teacher at a religious school claiming violations of the ADA, the district court's...

Doe v. Kamehamema Schs./Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In a racial discrimination action against a school district in which plaintiffs, four minor children, sought to proceed anonymously in their suit,...

San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist. v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Education Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
In qui tam plaintiffs' suit seeking to recover funds on behalf of the San Francisco Unified School District under the California False Claims Act...

Fairchild v. Liberty Indep. Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that defendants violated plaintiff's First Amendment rights after firing her from a public school teacher position because they...