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Coleman v. Newburgh Enlarged City Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law
In case involving plaintiff, a disabled child suspended by defendants and who sought injunctive relief to reinstate him, rejection of defendants'...

Mellen v. Trs. of Boston Univ.

Education Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that a university miscalculated the period of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Massachusetts Small Necessities...

Redding v. Safford Unified Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Health Law
In a minor's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging defendants violated her Fourth Amendment rights by conducting a warrantless search of her person...

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...

Burt v. Gates

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Military Law
In case brought by faculty members at Yale Law School regarding the Solomon Amendment's denial of federal funding if any part of a university refuses...

John M. v. Bd. of Educ. of Evanston Township High Sch. Dist. 202

Education Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act claiming that a school district denied plaintiff a free, appropriate public...

Adelman-Reyes v. Saint Xavier Univ.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging that defendant-university denied plaintiff tenure because of her religion and that the head of her department tortiously interfered...

Chi Iota Colony of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity v. City Univ. of N.Y.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
Preliminary injunction prohibiting the College of Staten Island from enforcing against a fraternity its policy of restricting official recognition and...

Texas A&M Univ. Sys. v. Koseoglu

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
A plaintiff who, on appeal, loses a plea to the jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity generally is entitled to a remand for an opportunity to cure...

Stoner v. Santa Clara County Office of Educ.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
School districts in California, including county offices of education, are arms of the state, and therefore not "persons" subject to qui tam liability...