In this article, the author states that by granting review of the third case in two years involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has signaled a renewed interest in resolving legal conflicts arising under the federal law that governs services provided to nearly 6.7 million school children in special…

The resolution of free speech issues in the public school context has, until recently, involved a precarious balancing between the First Amendment rights of students and teachers and the role of public schools in inculcating students with fundamental values. This year, in "Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier," the Supreme Court struck…

Examines the circuit court's decision in favor of Greyhound in a suit alleging that the company's refusal to accept applications for bus driver from persons under 35 violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Submits that the decision frustrates congressional intent by permitting arbitrary and unreasonable age discrimination. (JT)

As a result of the growing use of social science research and statistics in the legal process, a number of interest groups have sought an understanding of how these factors affect the outcome of judicial decisions. In this chapter, the authors present a historical overview of the judicial use of social science research and statistical data. The…

This fastback examines Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988), the first high school student press case ever to reach the United States Supreme Court. The pamphlet reviews the background and implications of the Hazelwood decision and speculates as to how it will be applied to student expression in the public high schools. Chapters include:…

Nine years after the 1972 Supreme Court ruling in *Branzburg v. Hayes" that journalists enjoy no constitutional privilege to withhold the names of sources and to conceal information from grand jury proceedings, a study was conducted to determine the courts' attitudes toward journalists' privilege and to test commonly held beliefs about its…

Discusses the Pontiac, Michigan public schools, which have been desegregated by federal court order since September 1971, noting that since the court order requires classroom, faculty, and administrative ratios to reflect the community, policy formation has been shared to some extent, and many more opportunities to make equal status contacts among…

This volume examines ten communities with histories of lengthy desegregation litigation in order to gain insight into the perceived legal adequacy and practical effectiveness of various desegregation strategies from the point of view of the Federal courts. A conceptual model of the judicial review of desegregation plans is given in diagram form…

The United States brought this action alleging that the Hazelwood School District and various officials were engaged in a "pattern or practice" of teacher employment discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The district court ruled that the government had failed to establish a pattern or practice of…

To demonstrate that substantial protection has been given to published material dealing with sex, an analysis of the constitutional criteria governing recent Supreme Court decisions in the area of obscenity censorship is presented. It is found that the Supreme Court uses "hard core pornography" as the foundation of a "constant" concept of…

This study seeks to identify those governmental and nongovernmental agencies that should ensure that all recipients of funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting comply with equal employment opportunity laws. A report of the study comprises the following sections: introductory comments and background material about the Corporation for…

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is authorized to provide children enrolled in nonpublic schools meeting compulsory attendance requirements "auxiliary service" (Act 194) and loans of textbooks (Act 195). Act 195 also provides for loans to nonpublic schools of "instructional materials and equipment." The auxiliary services include counseling,…

The hearings on the status of school desegregation law called several witnesses to testify: Mr. Julius Chambers (NAACP); Prof. Alexander M. Bickel (Yale Law School); Prof. Charles Hamilton (Columbia University); Prof. Owen Fiss (University of Chicago Law School); and, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota. The appendixes of the report contain…

Reviews United States Supreme Court and Federal Appellate Court decisions on student and teacher rights, particularly due process (procedural and substantive) rights. (PKP)