OPEN MEETINGS: School Board wrongly closed hearing part of teacher termination meeting based on unspecified 3rd-party privacy. . . wrongly excluded teacher and union rep from “executive session” under litigation strategy exception for counsel to explain previously filed discrimination complaint. . . Cybulski reversed. [Read more…]
Teacher termination, §1983, arbitration preclusion
TEACHER TERMINATION: §1983 procedural due process challenge of arbitration barred by claim preclusion and on the merits… Haddon affirmed (unpublished). [Read more…]
Schools, establishment of school, territory transfer
SCHOOLS: School sufficiently established as public school despite no vote by Commissioners or formal approval by State Superintendent… territory transfer precluded by being within 3 miles of school… Pinski affirmed. [Read more…]
Schools, territory transfer
SCHOOLS: District failed to preserve statutory issue as to necessity of sworn statements in territory transfer hearing, claim did not warrant plain error review, merits improperly reached… McKeon reversed. [Read more…]
Attorney disqualification, prior representation
ATTORNEY DISQUALIFICATION: Attorney and firm who represented Plaintiff before 2010 still considered by Plaintiff to be her counsel, disqualified from representing Defendants… Knisely. [Read more…]
Corporations, conflict-of-interest bonus
CORPORATIONS: Conflict-of-interest bonus that lacks consideration and would be void under Montana common law [Read more…]