May 16, 2008
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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

NSBA Council of School Attorneys members also may access a more detailed chart, here, of U.S. Supreme Court cases that includes more employment, labor, civil rights, local government, and other matters of importance to school districts and their boards.