school-discipline

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24A161 L.M., a Minor By and Through His Father and Stepmother and Natural Guardians, Christopher and Susan Morrison v. Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2024-08-09 Presumed Complete first-amendment free-speech off-campus-speech school-discipline student-speech tinker-standard Whether a public school's disciplinary actions against a student for off-campus, online speech violate the First Amendment's protection of free speech…
23A47 Bronson McClelland v. Katy Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-18 Presumed Complete due-process first-amendment municipal-liability parental-rights school-discipline student-speech Whether the Fifth Circuit properly applied First Amendment and parental rights precedent in evaluating a school district's disciplinary action, and wh…
21-7285 Irina Collier v. University of California, Berkeley Ninth Circuit 2022-03-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech online-communication school-discipline student-rights student-speech university-policies whistleblower-protections Whether the First Amendment's free speech protections apply to withdrawn students
21-656 John Oirya v. Brigham Young University Tenth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied 10th-circuit administrative-discretion due-process gender-bias judicial-review school-discipline student-rights substantial-evidence summary-judgment title-ix Should federal courts review school disciplinary decisions for substantial evidence of guilt?
21-5981 Ray Sarabian v. Halliburton Logging Services Fifth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights due-process free-speech school-discipline student-rights Whether the First Amendment protects the right of a public school to discipline a student for off-campus speech
20-6550 Kenneth H. Newkirk v. Jeffery Kiser, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech magistrate-judge school-discipline standing student-speech Whether the U.S. Magistrate Judge violated the petitioner's due process rights by acting like the lawyer for Warden Kiser et al. by responding to the …
20-255 Mahanoy Area School District v. B. L., a Minor, By and Through Her Father, Lawrence Levy and Her Mother, Betty Lou Levy Third Circuit 2020-09-01 Judgment Issued Amici (36) circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech school-discipline school-regulation student-rights student-speech Whether Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District applies to off-campus student speech
19-7559 Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech school-discipline standing statutory-interpretation student-rights DOES the First Amendment protect the right of a public school to discipline a student for off-campus speech that does not cause a substantial disrupti…