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The 5th Circuit was overturned by the Supreme Court in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt in 2016. On January 18, 2019, in June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee, Dennis wrote a 19-page dissent when the 5th Circuit refused to rehear a case regarding Louisiana's abortion restrictions. Dennis found that Act 620 was intended to restrict abortions, not ...
In 2012, Colom represented Taylor Bell, a student at Itawamba Agricultural School who was disciplined by the school for publishing a rap song on Facebook that contained vulgar lyrics and criticized two coaches at the school. [16] The district court dismissed Bell's challenge, however, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ...
In the earlier case, Shanley v. Northeast Independent School District, Bexar County, Texas, the court declined to decide whether Tinker reached off-campus speech. "We do note, however, that it is not at all unusual to allow the geographical location of the actor to determine the constitutional protection that should be afforded to his or her ...
Bell pointed out that Schneider — whom he worked with on The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh — offered him support after finding out he was involved in the case.
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 551 U.S. 701 (2007), also known as the PICS case, is a United States Supreme Court case which found it unconstitutional for a school district to use race as a factor in assigning students to schools in order to bring its racial composition in line with the composition of the district as a whole, unless it was remedying a ...
In March 2010, the Itawamba County School District board made international news after it decided to cancel the prom for Itawamba Agricultural High School because 18-year-old lesbian student Constance McMillen, from Fulton, Mississippi, had requested permission to take a same-sex date to the event, and to wear a tuxedo.
Directors Beth and Rich Correll, whose letters defending Brian Peck in his court case against Drake Bell were made public in the recent “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” documentary ...
After the implementation of Title IX, multiple cases of sex-based discrimination against employees of federally funded educational institutions were heard by various circuit courts. In cases such as Isleboro School Committee v. Califano (593 F.2d 424), [5] Junior College District of St. Louis v. Califano (597 F.2d 119), [4] and Romeo Community ...