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Simpson v. Univ. of Colorado Boulder

Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law
In a Title IX action brought by plaintiffs claiming that they were sexually assaulted by football players and recruits of the University of Colorado...

US v. Covington County Sch. Dist.

Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In proceedings wherein a group of African-American students and parents from a Mississippi county sought to intervene in litigation concerning the...

Van Duyn v. Baker Sch. Dist. 5J

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law
When a school district does not perform exactly as called for by an individualized educational program (IEP), the district does not violate the...

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Granholm

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law
In an action brought against the governor of Michigan and state university officials seeking to invalidate and permanently enjoin from enforcement a...

HEB Ministries, Inc. v. Texas Higher Educ. Coordinating Bd.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
Texas' requirement that a private post-secondary school meet prescribed standards before it may call itself a "seminary" or use words like "degree",...

Day v. Bond

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In an action brought by students at state universities in Kansas and some of their parents seeking to overturn a provision of Kansas law that permits...

D'Angelo v. School Bd. of Polk County

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case where plaintiff high school principal alleges that defendant school board violated the First Amendment when it terminated him in retaliation...

Laney v. Farley

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit arising after school officials confiscated an eighth grader's cell phone when it began ringing during a class session...

In re Kaplan Higher Educ. Corp.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Education Law
In an action brought by electrician students against the owner of a college and an admissions director claiming they were fraudulently induced to...

Fort Worth Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Serv. Employment Redev.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Government Law
In a suit for breach of a contract to provide alternative education program services, a court of appeals decision holding that defendant-district's...