This casebook contains excerpts of 86 legal decisions handed down by appellate courts during 1985-95. The book was developed to inform school administrators about recent legal decisions in educational matters. In the area of general administration, cases cover issues of central governance, attendance, church/state relationship, curriculum, and desegregation. Cases pertaining to pupils include the topics of general student rights, drugs, free speech, rights of handicapped students, and search and seizure. Litigation pertaining to employed personnel deal with general personnel matters, discrimination, teacher dismissal, and teachers' due process rights. Liability cases comprise the final section. The bulk of the text is comprised of the excerpted court decisions. A list of cases and concepts derived from each decision are included. (LMI)