Educational Law Cases

Links to free online cases organized by educational law topic.

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Legal Framework

Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565 (1975).
San Antonio Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1 (1973).
U.S. v. American Library Association, 539 U.S. 194 (2003).

Gonzaga Univ. v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 (2002).

School Finance

Kadrmas v. Dickenson Pub. Sch., 487 U.S. 450 (1988).
Zuni Pub. Sch. Dist. v. Dep't of Educ., 127 S. Ct. 1534 (2007).
Rose v. Council for Better Education, 790 S.W.2d 186 (KY 1989).

More education finance cases can be found at the National Access Network, which is maintained by Teacher's College at Columbia University.

Church/State - Religion Issues

Supreme Court Cases

Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997).
Board of Education v. Allen, 392 U.S. 236 (1968).
Board of Education v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990).
Comm. for Pub. Educ. v. Regan, 444 U.S. 646 (1980).
Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987).
Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962).
Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97 (1968).
Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947).
Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 (2001).
Lamb's Chapel v. Ctr. Moriches Union Free Sch. Dist., 508 U.S. 384 (1993).
Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992).
Locke v. Davey, 540 U.S. 712 (2004).
McCollum v. Board of Eucation, 333 U.S. 203 (1948).
Mitchell v. Helms, 530 U.S. 793 (2000).
Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388 (1983).
Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925).
Santa Fe Independent Sch. Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000).
School Dist. of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963).
Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980).
Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 (1985).
West Virginia Bd. of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943).
Widmar v. Vincent, 454 U.S. 263 (1981).
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972).
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002).
Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills Sch. Dist., 509 U.S. 1 (1993).
Zorach v. Clausen, 343 U.S. 306 (1952).
Other Cases

Bush v. Holmes, 919 So.2d 392 (Fla. 2006).
Doe v. Sch. Bd., 274 F.3d 289 (5th Cir. 2001).
Ingebresten v. Jackson Pub. Sch. Dist., 88 F.3d 274 (5th Cir. 1996).
Doe v. Duncanville Indep. Sch. Dist., 70 F.3d 402 (5th Cir. 1995).
Owens v. Colo. Cong. of Parents, Teach. & Stud., 92 P.2d 933 (Colo. 2004).

Instructional Issues

Board of Curators, Univ. of Mo. v. Horowitz, 435 U.S. 78 (1978).
Board of Educ. v. Pico, 457 U.S. 853 (1982).
Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97 (1968).
Gonzaga University v. Doe, 536 U.S. 273 (2002).
Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923).
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982).
Owasso Independent Sch. Dist. v. Falvo, 534 U.S. 426 (2002).
U.S. v. American Library Association, 539 U.S. 194 (2003).
Martinez v. Bynum, 461 U.S. 321 (1983).

Debra P. v. Turlington, 644 F.2d 397 (5th Cir. 1981).

Student Rights

Bd. of Regents v. Southworth, 529 U.S. 217 (2000).
Bethel Sch. Dist. v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986).
Brentwood Acad. v. Tenn. Sec. Sch. Athletic Ass'n, 531 U.S. 288 (2001).
Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
Keyishian v. Bd. of Regents, 385 U.S. 589 (1967).
Morse v. Frederick, 127 S.Ct. 2618 (2007).
Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educ. Ass'n, 460 U.S. 37 (1983).
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District, 393 U.S. 503 (1969).
W. V. Board of Educ. v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943).

Student Discipline + Search & Seizure

Bd. of Educ. v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822 (2002).
Vernonia Sch. Dist. v. Acton, 515 U.S. 646 (1995).

Special Education

Bd. of Educ. v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176 (1982).
Ceder Rapids Comm. Sch. Dist. v. Garret F., 526 U.S. 66 (1999).
Florence County Sch. Dist. 4 v. Carter, 510 U.S. 7 (1993).
Honig v. Doe, 484 U.S. 305 (1988).
Irving Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Tatro, 468 U.S. 883 (1984).
Schaffer v. Weast, 546 U.S. 49 (2005).
Sch. Comm. of Burlington v. Dept. of Educ. of Mass., 471 U.S. 359 (1985).
Winkelman v. Parma City Sch. Dist., 127 S. Ct. 1994 (2007).

Student Classifications

Bd. of Educ. v. Dowell, 498 U.S. 237 (1991).
Bolling v. Sharp, 347 U.S. 497 (1954).
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
Brown v. Board of Educ II, 349 U.S. 294 (1955).
Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958).
Crawford v. Bd. of Educ., 458 U.S. 527 (1982).
Franklin v. Gwinnett County Pub. Sch., 503 U.S. 60 (1992).
Freeman v. Pitts, 503 U.S. 467 (1992).
Gebser v. Lago Vista Indep. Sch. Dist., 524 U.S. 274 (1998).
Goss v. Bd. of Educ., 373 U.S. 683 (1963).
Green v. County School Board, 391 U.S. 430 (1968).
Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003).
Griffen v. County Sch. Bd., 377 U.S. 218 (1964).
Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003).
Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Educ., 544 U.S. 167 (2005).
Keyes v. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 413 U.S. 189 (1973).
Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563 (1974).
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U.S. 637 (1950).
Milliken v. Bradley I, 418 U.S. 717 (1974).
Milliken v. Bradley II, 433 U.S. 267 (1977).
Miss. Univ. for Women v. Hogan, 458 U.S. 718 (1982).
Missouri ex. rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938).
Missouri v. Jenkins, 515 U.S. 70 (1995).
N.C. State Bd. of Educ. v. Swann, 402 U.S. 43 (1971).
Parents Involved in Comm'y Sch. v. Seattle Sch. Dist., 127 S.Ct. 2738 (2007).
Pasadena City Bd. of Ed. v. Spangler, 427 U.S. 424 (1976).
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896).
Rogers v. Paul, 382 U.S. 198 (1965).
Runyan v. McCrary, 427 U.S. 160 (1976).
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ., 402 U.S. 1 (1971).
Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950).
Wygant v. Jackson Bd. of Educ., 476 U.S. 267 (1986).