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  • Sabbah v. Springfield Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
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    Case Number: 21-0635

    School district moved for summary judgment in plaintiffs' action asserting violations of the fourth, fifth, eighth and fourteenth amendments and §1983 in school's handling of plaintiff middle school student's alleged involvement in a "To Kill List" found in school and court found school's actions were reasonable under the circumstances. Motion granted.

  • Doe v. The Coll. of New Jersey

    Publication Date: 2021-05-19
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Education Law | Labor Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Chief Judge Jordan
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    Case Number: 20-2469

    Plaintiff appealed the district court's denial of her motion to proceed anonymously.

  • Emmet P. v. Twin Valley Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Rice
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    Case Number: 21-0479

    Prevailing party fee award in §504 action slightly reduced to reflect counsel's relative inexperience in the specialized field of education law and to reflect plaintiff's partial success as one claim was dropped during the due process hearing. Plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees and costs granted as modified.

  • Bell v. Wilkinsburg Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Brobson
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    Case Number: 21-0491

    The trial court committed an error of law by failing to conclude that the Wilkinsburg School District violated § 23.2 of the State Board of Education's regulations by providing certain charter school students with public transportation bus passes as a means of transportation to their charter schools without first obtaining approval. The appellate court reversed and remanded.

  • Smith v. Univ. of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2021-05-03
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Savage
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    Case Number: 21-0483

    University moved to dismiss plaintiff students' putative class action asserting breach of contract, unjust enrichment and conversion for university's switch to online classes in response to COVID-19 and court found plaintiffs failed to state a claim for breach of contract for tuition refunds but did state an action for refunds of fees. Motion granted in part and denied in part.

  • B.D. v. Cornwall Lebanon Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-19
    Practice Area: Education Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Kane
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    Case Number: 21-0427

    Parents sufficiently alleged claims of disability discrimination based on school district's failure to prepare accurate individualized health plan or to follow the IHP developed for student's seizure disorder. Defendant's partial motion to dismiss denied in part and granted in part.

  • Archer v. Rockwood Area Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-12
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
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    Case Number: 21-0390

    The Secretary of Education erred in refusing to evaluate evidence in support of a petition seeking to create an independent school district solely because school-aged children did not reside in the proposed district at the time of application, as the Public School Code of 1949 does not require that students presently reside in such a proposed district. The appellate court reversed and remanded for further adjudication.

  • Feng v. Univ. of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Education Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
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    Case Number: D69295

    Foreign student's national origin discrimination claim based on full-time student status requirements to obtain a student visa failed because requirements for full-time student status applied equally to all students in the program and the requirement to maintain such status arose from federal immigration law.

  • Pennsylvania Virtual Charter Sch. v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2021-01-04
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
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    Case Number: 20-1427

    Department of education filed preliminary objections to petitioners' four cyber charter schools action for a declaratory judgment and injunction enjoining department from collecting redirection fees and court found §1 of the administrative code did not authorize the redirection fee and it was not clear that petitioners would be unable to establish sufficient facts to justify injunctive relief. Preliminary objection overruled.

  • A.A. v. Sch. Dist. of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Education Law
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    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Dubois
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    Case Number: 20-1353

    Defendants moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's §1983 action based on his alleged sexual assault by another mentally challenged student in school bathroom and court found plaintiff satisfied all the elements of a Monell claim against school district and plausibly pled school district's failure to train or supervise their employees regarding policies for taking pupils to the bathroom was the cause of his harm. Motion denied.