Abbreviated Supreme Court Tracking Chart
PENDING SUPREME COURT SCHOOL CASES
May 12, 2008
*Blue Highlight Indicates Newly Filed Case
*Red Highlight Indicates Change in Case Status
| CASE NAME |
DATE FILED |
SUBJECT MATTER |
CURRENT STATUS |
| Wilcox v. United States ex rel. Stoner |
4/21/08 |
United States: False Claims Act - qui tam suit against state officials - 11th Amendment |
Filed |
| Mudholkar v. University of Rochester |
4/9/08 |
Employment Discrimination: pay - issue preclusion - limitations |
Filed |
| Oz Gas Ltd v. Warren Area School District |
3/21/08 |
Oil and Gas: ban on taxing reserves in ground - retroactivity - refunds |
Filed |
| Evans v. Jenkins |
3/19/08 |
Schools: parent's criticism of local administration - retaliation |
Review Denied 5/12/08 |
| Hjortness v. Neenah Joint School District |
3/13/08 |
Schools: IDEA - individualized education program |
Filed |
| Burke v. Brookline School District |
3/12/08 |
Schools: compensatory damages claim by parents for retaliation based on their advocacy of their child's rights under federal statutes |
Filed |
| Bakhtiari v. Lutz |
3/12/08 |
Employment Discrimination: university's retaliation against graduate student - spoliation of evidence |
Filed |
| Richards v. Duke University |
3/6/08 |
Schools: discrimination based on race and gender |
Review Denied 5/12/08 |
| Fitzgerald v. Barnstable Sch. Comm. |
3/3/08 |
Schools: sex discrimination - exclusivity of Title IX's implied private right of action |
Filed |
| Smith v. Barrow |
2/18/08 |
Schools: failure to promote teacher who enrolled her children in private school - superintendent's qualified immunity |
Filed |
| Nowak v. Transportation Joint Agreement of Cmty. Consol. S.D. No. 47 |
1/30/08 |
Employment Discrimination: age and gender |
Filed |
| Ysura v. Pocatello Educ. Ass'n |
12/28/07 |
Local Government: rmployees - payroll deductions for political activities - state ban |
Review Granted 3/31/08 |
| Novato U.S.D. v. Smith |
12/11/07 |
Schools: student speech - fighting words |
Filed |
| Engquist v. Oregon Dep't of Agriculture |
10/5/07 |
States: employees – discharge -rational basis - punitive damages - "Split recovery" |
Argued 4/21/08 |
| Board of Educ. of New York City Sch. Dist. v. Gulino |
8/27/07 |
Employment Discrimination: teacher certification - racially dispararte impact of testing |
Filed |
| Breen v. Southerland |
7/23/07 |
Civil Rights: actionable wrongs - claims against university officials for deaths and injuries sustained in collapse of bonfire |
Filed |
| Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. |
5/30/07 |
Employment Discrimination: retaliation |
Review Granted 1/18/08 |
| Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory |
5/9/07 |
Employment Discrimination: age - "Reasonable factors other than age" defense - burden of persuasion |
Argued 4/23/08 |
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