Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Education Law : From 10/01/05 To 07/01/06
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Government Law, Health Law |
| Title: | Arlington Cent. Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Murphy |
| Date: | 06/26/06 |
| Case Number: | 05–18 |
| Summary: | An Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provision that permits a court to "award reasonable attorneys' fees as part of the costs" to prevailing parents, does not authorize prevailing parents to recover expert fees. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Military Law |
| Title: | Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic & Institutional Rights, Inc. |
| Date: | 03/06/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1152 |
| Summary: | Because Congress could require law schools to provide equal access to military recruiters without violating the schools' freedoms of speech or association, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that the Solomon Amendment likely violates the First Amendment. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Education Law |
| Title: | Cent. Virginia Cmty. Coll. v. Katz |
| Date: | 01/23/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–885 |
| Summary: | A bankruptcy trustee's proceeding to set aside the debtor's preferential transfers to state agencies is not barred by sovereign immunity. Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Clause, Congress may, at its option, either treat states in the same way as other creditors insofar as concerns "Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies" or exempt them from operation of such laws. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Debt Collection, Education Law, Government Benefits, Government Law |
| Title: | Lockhart v. US |
| Date: | 12/07/05 |
| Case Number: | 04–881 |
| Summary: | The United States may offset Social Security benefits to collect a student loan debt that has been outstanding for over 10 years. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law |
| Title: | Schaffer v. Weast |
| Date: | 11/14/05 |
| Case Number: | 04–698 |
| Summary: | In an action brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the burden of persuasion in an administrative hearing challenging an “individualized education program” (IEP) is properly placed upon the party seeking relief. |