WASHINGTON -- A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle has granted a high school partial summary judgment to end one student press rights complaint lodged against it, but the school will still have to go to trial to settle other First Amendment-related issues.
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Blogging student leader sues Connecticut school district
CONNECTICUT -- A rising senior at Lewis S. Mills High School who was removed from her student government post for comments she made on her blog sued the school district July 16, claiming her First Amendment rights were violated.
Adviser Bosley settles case with Ocean County College
Ocean County College will pay reinstated newspaper adviser Karen Bosley $90,000and return her to teaching journalism classes to settle a lawsuit she filed when the school took away her classes and refused to renew her contract as adviser in December 2005, Bosley said in an e-mail.
California Assembly to consider executive salary bill
CALIFORNIA -- A bill in the state legislature aimed at increasing the transparency of specified public university executives' compensation is another step closer to the governor's desk.
Court says student's violent buddy icon not protected expression
NEW YORK -- An eighth-grader's suspension for sharing an AOL Instant Messenger buddy icon depicting his teacher being shot was upheld by the Second U.S.
South Carolina Supreme Court rules school district violated open-records statute
SOUTH CAROLINA -- The state supreme court ruled Monday that a school district violated the state Freedom of Information Act when it refused to release information about final candidates for a superintendent position.
Court: MySpace suspension violated student's rights
PENNSYLVANIA -- A school district violated the First Amendment by suspending a student who created a satirical profile of his principal on MySpace.com, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ruled July 10.
Eastern Michigan U. president fired after campus crime report released
MICHIGAN -- The president of Eastern Michigan University has been dismissed after an alleged homicide cover-up that received national attention.
Michigan State newspaper expects Eastern Michigan situation to help lawsuit
MICHIGAN -- News that the president of Eastern Michigan University was dismissed Sunday after the school violated federal safety laws may help the student newspaper at Michigan State University get access to campus police records it requested in March 2006.
Second Circuit Court rules in decade-old student government election case
NEW YORK -- The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially upheld a district court ruling today, finding that a college president did violate the First Amendment when she nullified student elections after the school newspaper published an endorsement for a candidate. The court also remanded the determination of the president's liability to the district court.