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Federal Courts Out-of-District Student Entitled to Due Process Before Expulsion

Out-of-District Student Entitled to Due Process Before Expulsion

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In Goss v. Lopez, the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause applies to suspension or expulsion from school where a state has conferred a property...

Federal Courts School Nurse Immune from Suit After Examining Child's Genitalia

School Nurse Immune from Suit After Examining Child's Genitalia

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Six-year-old B.H. went to the school office, twice in three days, complaining of irritation in her genital area and that it "burned" when she urinated. The...

Federal Courts Girlfriend Turns In Pedophile, Gives Texts, But No Probable Cause?

Girlfriend Turns In Pedophile, Gives Texts, But No Probable Cause?

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Charles Kinison, Jr. is an alleged pedophile. We say “alleged” because he is innocent until proven guilty. That being said, if the facts contained in this...

Federal Courts Basketball Coach Fails to Meet Prima Facie Retaliation Burden

Basketball Coach Fails to Meet Prima Facie Retaliation Burden

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In 1999, Geraldine Fuhr filed a successful lawsuit to be instated as varsity boys basketball coach at Hazel Park High School, where she had been employed as...

Federal Courts Affirmed: TennCare Federal Consent Decree Vacated

Affirmed: TennCare Federal Consent Decree Vacated

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

For 15 years, Tennessee’s Medicaid program has operated under a federal consent decree. In recent years, however, the Volunteer State moved to vacate the...

Federal Courts 6th Cir: SSA Reconsider Disability Benefits for Bipolar Disorder

6th Cir: SSA Reconsider Disability Benefits for Bipolar Disorder

By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Charles Gayheart applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits (DIB) in December 2005 due to manifestations of anxiety, panic disorder, bipolar...

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