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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Education Law |
| Title: | TENNESSEE STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORP. v. HOOD |
| Date: | 05/17/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1606 |
| Summary: | Bankruptcy court's discharge of a student loan debt guaranteed by a state entity does not implicate the state's Eleventh Amendment immunity; the Court declines to decide whether a bankruptcy court's exercise of personal jurisdiction over a State would be valid under the Eleventh Amendment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Education Law |
| Title: | LOCKE v. DAVEY |
| Date: | 02/25/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1315 |
| Summary: | Washington State's exclusion of the pursuit of a devotional theology degree from its otherwise-inclusive scholarship aid program does not violate the Free Exercise Clause. The State's interest in not funding the pursuit of devotional degrees is substantial, and the exclusion of such funding places a relatively minor burden on program scholars. |