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This category is for state and federal court decisions in the United States addressing the rights of students or faculty within the school, or the right to have an education. See also: Category:United States federal education legislation
Goldberg v. Kelly (1970) - When does state or federal law create rights protected by due process? Mathews v. Eldridge (1976) - What level of procedural due process is required? Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. (1982) – Does an adjudicating agency's termination of an action due to its own failure to comply with the law deny due process to the ...
states that provide a school to white students must provide in-state education to blacks Smith v. Allwright: 1944 321 U.S. 649 Race-based exclusion in political party primaries held unconstitutional Hedgepeth and Williams v. Board of Education: 1944 131 N.J.L. 153 NJ Supreme Court case that prohibited racial segregation in NJ schools Mendez v ...
Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al., 484 U.S. 260 (1988), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held, in a 5–3 decision, that student speech in a school-sponsored student newspaper at a public high school could be censored by school officials without a violation of First Amendment rights if the school's actions were "reasonably related" to a ...
This case was the beginning of the plenary power legal doctrine that has been used in Indian case law to limit tribal sovereignty. Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) An Indian cannot make himself a citizen of the United States without the consent and the co-operation of the United States Federal government. United States v.
New York law allowing an unwed mother, but not an unwed father, a veto over adoption of their child violates the Equal Protection Clause: Addington v. Texas: 441 U.S. 418 (1979) Involuntarily committing a person to a mental hospital requires a clear and convincing standard of proof United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land: 441 U.S. 506 (1979)
Alexander v. Yale, 631 F.2d 178 (2d Cir. 1980), [1] was the first use of Title IX [2] of the United States Education Amendments of 1972 in charges of sexual harassment against an educational institution. [3] It further established that sexual harassment of female students could be considered sex discrimination, and was thus illegal.
Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, 377 U.S. 218 (1964), is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that the County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia's decision to close all local, public schools and provide vouchers to attend private schools were constitutionally impermissible as violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the ...