Abbreviated Supreme Court Tracking Chart
PENDING SUPREME COURT SCHOOL CASES
July 18, 2008
*Blue Highlight Indicates Newly Filed Case
*Red Highlight Indicates Change in Case Status
| CASE NAME |
DATE FILED |
SUBJECT MATTER |
CURRENT STATUS |
| Lowery v. Euverard |
6/13/08 |
Schools: dismissal of high school student from athletic team in retaliation for criticism of coach |
Filed |
| M.M. v. Special Sch. Dist. No. 1, Minneapolis |
5/28/08 |
Schools: special education administrative hearing - burden of proof - standard of review |
Filed |
| Skoorka v. Kean University |
5/12/08 |
Employment Discrimination: voluntary dismissal with prejudice - appellate review |
Filed |
| Zhu v. MIT |
4/29/08 |
Employment Discrimination: national origin |
Filed |
| Parker v. Hurley |
4/29/08 |
Schools: exposure of public school children to books that portray same-sex marriage - prior notice - right to opt out on religious grounds |
Filed |
| Policastro v. Kontogiannis |
4/22/08 |
Schools: teacher mailboxes in public schools - 1st Amendment |
Filed |
| Wilcox v. United States ex rel. Stoner |
4/21/08 |
United States: False Claims Act - qui tam suit against state officials - 11th Amendment |
Filed |
| Lampkin-Asam v. Volusia County Sch. Bd. |
4/5/08 |
Civil Procedure: failure to file short and plain statement of claim |
Filed |
| Bakhtiari v. Lutz |
3/12/08 |
Employment Discrimination: university's retaliation against graduate student - spoliation of evidence |
Filed |
| Fitzgerald v. Barnstable Sch. Comm. |
3/3/08 |
Schools: sex discrimination - exclusivity of Title IX's implied private right of action |
Review Granted 6/9/08 |
| Ysura v. Pocatello Educ. Ass'n |
12/28/07 |
Local Government: rmployees - payroll deductions for political activities - state ban |
Review Granted 3/31/08 |
| Novato U.S.D. v. Smith |
12/11/07 |
Schools: student speech - fighting words |
Filed |
| Breen v. Southerland |
7/23/07 |
Civil Rights: actionable wrongs - claims against university officials for deaths and injuries sustained in collapse of bonfire |
Filed |
| Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. |
5/30/07 |
Employment Discrimination: retaliation |
Oral Argument 10/8/08 |
| Silva v. Bowie State University |
12/19/07 |
Employment Discrimination: retaliatory discharge |
Filed |
NSBA Council of School Attorneys members also may access a more detailed chart, here, of U.S. Supreme Court cases that includes more employment, labor, civil rights, local government, and other matters of importance to school districts and their boards.