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Supreme Court Restricts Damages for Constitutional Violations.
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Analyzes the United States Supreme Court's reversal of "Memphis County School Distruct v. Stachura," a District Court decision to compensate a temporarily suspended life sciences teacher for damages involving deprivation of his constitutional rights. Views this decision as one more obstacle blocking individuals' progress against…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Courts, Due Process
Poison in the Halls of Ivy.
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1997
Discusses a California case involving a tenured professor's controversial teaching style, which focused on "obscene" topics and assignments that allegedly humiliated female students. The professor eventually prevailed in a Ninth Circuit appeal. The lesson: when attempting to eradicate sexual harassment, we cannot abandon important First…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation
Good Faith Efforts? Part II.
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Regarding Catholic parents' suit against a suburban New York district for promoting occult activities, a federal court ruled in May 1999 that parents had failed to prove existence of the so- called Bedford program. This Solomon-like ruling also rejected First Amendment religious claims and 14th Amendment privacy claims. (MLH)
Descriptors: Catholics, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Litigation, Elementary Education