United States Supreme Court
July 20, 2017
Discrimination Supreme Court denied petition for certiorari where 3d Circuit dismissed pro se complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be…
July 20, 2017
Discrimination Supreme Court denied petition for certiorari where 3d Circuit dismissed pro se complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be…
July 20, 2017
Attorney’s Fees Third Circuit affirmed an award of attorney’s fees. Appellate Court denied that a 2:1 preparation to hearing ratio was reasonable as applied to…
July 20, 2017
Defamation District Court dismissed school’s counterclaim for defamation where parent comments were formed as an opinion and Court expressed concern over the potential chilling effect…
July 20, 2017
Sending-Receiving New Jersey Supreme Court denied petition for certification. In docket numbers C-682, C-629 and C-630, cross petitions were also denied. In re: Withdrawal of…
July 20, 2017
Child Abuse Appellate Division dismissed complaint asserting a school district’s violation of the Child Sexual Abuse Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:61B-1 holding that the school district did…
July 20, 2017
At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.
July 20, 2017
Board Member Removal Commissioner upholds board member N.J.S.A. 18A:12-3 removal for missing more than three consecutive meetings without good cause. Board adopted bylaw which provided…
July 20, 2017
Tenure Charges for Inefficiency upheld where Teacher of Spanish found to be ineffective for two consecutive years; Claims by teacher of retaliation and that he was set up to fail not supported by the evidence. Gonzalez, 2016: March 3 http://nj.gov/education/legal/teachnj/2016/mar/98-16.pdf After two years of such focused effort and assistance by the District as well…
July 20, 2017
At this time, there are no related decisions reported for March/April 2016.
July 20, 2017
C38-15, 03/22/16 – School Ethics Commission determined that complaint was not timely filed; complaint dismissed. C03-16, 03/22/16 - School Ethics Commission determined that complaint was…