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Evers v. Regents of the Univ. of Colorado

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a university employee, terminated for alleged fiscal misconduct, raising a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim that he was denied his...

Havlik v. Johnson & Wales Univ.

Contracts, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit for defamation and breach of contract by a student against a university related to his dismissal after he allegedly assaulted a fellow...

Singh v. George Wash. Univ Sch. of Med. & Health Scis.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law
In suit by a former medical student alleging violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act for failing to accommodate her alleged learning...

Blanchard v. Morton Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
42 U.S.C. section 1983 does not create a cause of action for money damages under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for the lost...

Stotter v. Univ. of Texas at San Antonio

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights case involving the termination of an employment contract of a tenured professor and the alleged destruction of his personal...

Ponce v. Socorro Indep. Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Student speech that threatens a Columbine-style attack on a school is not protected by the First Amendment, because such speech poses a direct threat...

Amidon v. Student Ass'n of the State Univ. of N.Y. at Albany

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Defendant Student Association violated the First Amendment by using an advisory student referendum to determine how to allocate funds from a mandatory...

Grossman v. S. Shore Pub. Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a civil rights suit brought against a public school district by a former guidance counselor alleging that its decision not to renew her contract...

Bakhtiari v. Lutz

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination and civil rights case brought by an Iranian former teaching assistant against a university and its dean, summary...

Hjortness v. Neenah Joint Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law
In a due process claim by a student and his parents against a school district alleging the denial of a free appropriate public education in violation...