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Download full textMora, Jill Kerper – Online Submission, 2010
This article is an analysis of the educational implications of the Supreme Court (USSC) decision in "Horne v. Flores" (2009). The USSC remanded the Arizona case to the lower court, requiring a rehearing of petitioners' request for relief from the court's oversight of AZ's "structured English immersion" (SEI) program mandated…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Court Litigation, Federal Courts
Direct linkWilliams, Charles F. – Social Education, 2008
This article looks at various cases of the Supreme Court's most recent term. In contrast to the 2006-2007 term when the Supreme Court was regularly split 5-4, during this last term, the justices have formed surprising coalitions in cases considered highly controversial. For example, it was the so-called liberal bloc's Justice Stevens who wrote the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Courts, State Legislation, Voting
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
Leverett, E. Freeman – 1981
Federal court decisions and federal statutes have established a number of new rights for individuals in recent years, and the Supreme Court decided in 1975 that school board members have only limited immunity from liability for the possible denial of those rights by school board actions. These two developments have drastically increased the amount…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Von Euler, Mary; Parham, David L. – 1978
These summaries of recent major court decisions related to school desegregation were prepared in an effort to be of assistance to nonlawyers. As an introduction, the workings of the United States judicial system are outlined, and an overview of school desegregation law since 1954 is provided. Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that set…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation
Roemer, Eleanor K. – 1977
The extent to which there is a favorable view of a child's right to education in United States courts is examined. Important United States Supreme Court cases regarding segregated school systems, unequal allocation of state financial resources for education, and civil rights of students are reviewed to reveal the extent to which a legal…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Due Process
Nordin, Virginia Davis – 1979
Major legal issues confront urban schools today, among them: (1) equal access of racial groups to quality education; (2) students' rights to due process; (3) teachers' rights to due process, academic freedom, collective bargaining, and promotion to administrative positions; (4) equal opportunity for those needing special education; (5) equal…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Court Role, Due Process
Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC. – 1982
This document includes a case summary and the Supreme Court Justices' opinions on Crawford vs Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles. The Crawford case concerned the constitutionality of Proposition 1, a State constitutional amendment ratified by California voters to stop mandatory pupil reassignment and busing within the Los Angeles…
Descriptors: Busing, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law
Peer reviewedViteritti, Joseph P. – Education Next, 2002
Describes the facts and legal basis of federal court decisions in "Zelman v. Simmons-Harris," a case before the U.S. Supreme Court to determine if Cleveland's school voucher program violates the Establish Clause. Discusses the possible educational, legal, and political consequences of the Court's decision. (On June 27, 2002, the Supreme…
Descriptors: Blacks, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
Russo, Charles J., Ed. – 2000
The Education Law Association's yearbook of education law provides lawyers, administrators, and professors with a comprehensive review and analysis of the previous year's state and federal court decisions and legislation affecting the operation, management, and governance of public elementary and secondary schools, higher education, and…
Descriptors: Athletics, Civil Rights, Collective Bargaining, Constitutional Law
