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Vacca, Richard S.; Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1992
Thirty-eight years have elapsed since the "Brown" decision outlawing public school segregation. Part 1 reveals three clearly identifiable periods of judicial development. Part 2 treats unanswered questions and attitudes of school officials pre-"Dowell." Part 3 examines the post-"Dowell" period to the present and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Vacca, Richard S.; Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Summarizes the historical background of First Amendment law from "Tinker v. Des Moines" (1969) to "Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier" (1988). Examines the Supreme Court's most recent decisions on related matters as well as lower court decisions involving bias-motivated speech on campus. Offers specific suggestions for public school…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Hudgins, H. C., Jr.; Vacca, Richard S. – NOLPE School Law Journal, 1982
Reviews three recent Supreme Court decisions involving government officials' immunity under Section 1983 of the U.S. Code (Civil Rights Act of 1871). Discusses how the decisions apply to school boards and officials and to teachers' and students' civil rights. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, City Officials, Civil Liberties
Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – 1974
School personnel are expected to exercise a reasonable degree of care in foreseeing and preventing accident or injury. Court challenges in this area come as tort suits--the legal recourse of an injured party against the allegedly responsible party. As previous governmental immunity erodes, tort suits against educators are increasing. This chapter…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Vacca, Richard S.; Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – American School Board Journal, 1994
School boards need to keep current on the status of graduation prayer. The "Weisman" decision said graduation prayers violated the First Amendment; the "Jones" decision would allow graduation ceremonies with student-led invocations and benedictions. Reviews these decisions to pinpoint the sources of confusion in subsequent…
Descriptors: Commencement Ceremonies, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Graduation
Vacca, Richard S.; Hudgins, H. C., Jr. – 1991
This book is limited to a study of the education opinions of the Supreme Court during the time that Warren Earl Burger served as Chief Justice. Over 100 opinions having direct bearing on education were issued during the Burger years, a total greater than in the entire Court's history. The first chapter presents the history of the establishment of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Constitutional Law, Corporal Punishment, Court Litigation
