SCHOOL ATHLETICS: Supervisory control of Murnion denied as to denial of preliminary injunction seeking waiver from 8-semester rule for 5th-year senior to play basketball after absence due to Covid… order. [Read more…]
School athletics, denial of waiver from 8-semester rule
SCHOOL ATHLETICS: Preliminary injunction denied as to MHSA’s denial of waiver from 8-semester rule for 5th-year senior to play basketball after absence sophomore year due to Covid… Murnion. [Read more…]
COVID masking, school mandates
COVID MASKING: Substantive due process challenge to school mask mandates properly rejected on summary judgment… Marks affirmed. [Read more…]
Sex discrimination, Lady Griz head coach non-renewal
SEX DISCRIMINATION: Title VII claim by non-renewed Lady Griz head basketball coach rejected on summary judgment… Christensen. [Read more…]
Racial/sexual/national origin discrimination, student
RACE/SEX/NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION claims by parents of bullied high school student dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies… Christensen. [Read more…]
COVID masking, school masking policies
COVID MASKING: Preliminary injunctions against school masking policies properly denied… Marks and McElyea affirmed. [Read more…]
Schools, territory transfer
SCHOOLS: Poplar to Froid territory transfer affirmed… Mitchell/Cybulski affirmed. [Read more…]
$1,141,000 settlement, failure to serve special ed student
SETTLEMENT: $1,141,000 ($925,000 for educational services, $35,000 damages, $181,000 attorney fees), alleged failure to serve special education student for 4 years including isolation in church basement. [Read more…]
Race discrimination, Indian teacher, tutor position
RACE DISCRIMINATION claim by Native teacher passed over for tutoring position properly rejected. . . Holien/HRC affirmed. . . Halligan. [Read more…]
Unlawful entry, $2 verdict against Deputy
UNLAWFUL ENTRY: $2 verdict for Deputy’s unlawful entry into home affirmed over claim that verdict did not require jury to find that his entry was combined with “an attempt to find something or to obtain information within the residence,” since deputy admitted that he entered to ensure that someone was supervising a young boy he had seen outside (even if he was not looking for person in DUI crash)… Molloy affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]