NSBA Amicus Briefs

Resources

• NSBA Amicus Curiae Briefs Win-Loss Record [DOC 406,528kb]
• Safford Unified Sch. Dist. #1 v. Redding (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 1,312,963kb]
  Fourth Amendment: strip searches for prescription drugs; qualified immunity
  
• Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 1,974,354kb]
  Sex discrimination: Title IX pre-emption of section 1983 constitutional claims in peer harassment case
  
• Disability Law Center of Alaska v. Anchorage School District (9th Cir.) [PDF 1,662,533kb]
  FERPA/ IDEA: authority of P&A groups to access confidential student records protected by federal law
  
• Forest Grove School District v. T.A. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 155,872kb]
  IDEA: tuition reimbursement—child who has not previously received special education services from school district
  
• Abbeville County School District v. South Carolina (S.C.) [PDF 160,372kb]
  Finance: How state courts have evaluated funding adequacy claims under state constitutions.
  
• Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 2,520,534kb]
  Employment: Title VII—scope of opposition and participation anti-retaliation protection
  
• Dean Transportation, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (D.C. Cir.) [PDF 2,593,456kb]
  Labor: National Labor Relations Act—union representation after privatization—maintaining options for school boards
  
• Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 137,810kb]
  Employment: Age Discrimination in Employment Act—burden of proof for reasonable factor other than age.
  
• Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 181,880kb]
  Employment: Equal protection—application of class of one analysis to public employment.
  
• Nurre v. Whitehead (9th Cir.) [PDF 238,934kb]
  First Amendment: Student free speech—playing of instrumental music with religious theme at graduation—qualified immunity and personal liability of school administrators.
  
• Cain v. Horne (Ariz. Ct. App.) [PDF 884,738kb]
  Separation of church and state: constitutionality of Arizona voucher programs—Blaine Amendments
  
• Colorado Christian University v. Baker (10th Cir.) [PDF 90,732kb]
  First Amendment: Establishment Clause—state provisions prohibiting public funding of religious education
  
• Alexandria City Schools v. A.K. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 256,881kb]
  IDEA: Individualized education program—definition of “location” of services—denial of free appropriate public education
  
• Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 144,855kb]
  ADEA: Age as factor in retirement plans—facial discrimination
  
• Page v. Lexington County School District One (4th Cir.) [PDF 115,303kb]
  First Amendment: Government speech—school district statements on proposed legislation—hyperlinks on school web sites
  
• Thompson R2-J School Dist. v. Luke P. (10th Cir.) [PDF 178,172kb]
  IDEA: substantive standard for FAPE--self sufficiency
  
• Busch v. Marple Newton School District (3d Cir.) [PDF 60,372kb]
  First Amendment: curriculum control--free speech rights of parent volunteers
  
• M.A.L. v. Kinsland (6th Cir.) [PDF 325,919kb]
  First Amendment - student distribution of literature - time, place and manner regulations
  
• John M. v. Board of Education of Evanston Township High School District 202. (7th Cir.) [PDF 72,233kb]
  IDEA: current educational placement
  
• Bd. of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of the City of New York v. Tom F. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 110,729kb]
  IDEA: tuition reimbursement
  
• TSSAA v. Brentwood Academy (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 143,311kb]
  First Amendment—standard for free speech challenge to contractual terms promoting educational mission.
  
• BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles v. EEOC (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 107,523kb]
  Employment—Title VII—Final decisionmaker liability for racial animus of subordinates.
  
• Winkelman v. Parma City School District (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 202,277kb]
  IDEA: Parent representing child pro se in court.
  
• Morse v. Frederick (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 187,116kb]
  First Amendment: student expression – classification of speech, i.e. Tinker, Fraser, or Kuhlmeier – qualified immunity.
  
• Unified School District No. 259 v. Disability Rights Center of Kansas (10th Cir.) [PDF 174,123kb]
  FERPA: disclosure of student records to protection and advocacy groups.