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Frels, Kelly – 1985
Punitive damages have been permitted in certain cases to deter wrongdoers from similar conduct in the future. The Supreme Court decision in the case of "Smith vs. Wade" set the standard for the award of punitive damages by permitting punitive award on varying standards of negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, or other culpable…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, State Legislation
Vergon, Charles B. – 1985
The 1977 Supreme Court decision in "Milliken v. Bradley," involving the Detroit public schools and the state of Michigan, held that federal courts possess the authority not only to order the implementation of educational program components as part of a desegregation remedy, but also to assess a portion of the cost of such components…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Methods, Federal Courts, Financial Problems
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. – 1985
Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 was designed as a flexible and broadly scoped statute to restrict a wide variety of actions of state officials. During the past 15 years the number of court cases in which provisions of the 1871 act have been applied to school-related issues has increased geometrically. In 1961 the provisions of the act…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Knowles, Laurence W. – 1974
This chapter on higher education reviews and discusses court cases dealing with organization and administration, property, buildings, liability, aid to private education, faculty, student rights, discrimination, and intercollegiate athletics. (DW)
Descriptors: Athletics, Civil Rights, College Faculty, Court Litigation
Piele, Philip K., Ed. – 1977
This edition of the yearbook includes all cases relevant to elementary and secondary education decided during the 1976 calendar year and reported in the General Digest as of March 1977, as well as any 1975 cases that were not reported in the 1976 yearbook. The book provides a comprehensive and objective summary and analysis of state supreme court…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Due Process
Piele, Philip K., Ed. – 1985
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning education are reported in this compilation of eight independently authored chapters. The first chapter focuses on governance, examining the organizational and authority relationships among state and local boards of education and the general public. The chapter on employees considers…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Disabilities
