Petitioner Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association ("TSSAA") regulated interscholastic sports among its members, Tennessee public and private high schools. TSSAA sanctioned respondent Brentwood Academy, one of those private schools,...

At a school-sanctioned and school-supervised event, petitioner Morse, the high school principal, saw students unfurl a banner stating "BONG HiTS 4 JESUS," which she regarded as promoting illegal drug use. Consistent with established school policy...

The debtor filed a motion to value the security interest of Alaska USA Federal Credit Union in a 2008 Chevrolet Impala. Alaska USA contended that the Impala was encumbered by a purchase money lien as well as by sums due on a credit card, through dragnet...

A public high school student, plaintiff M.N.F., a minor, delivered a speech nominating a fellow student for a student elective office at a voluntary assembly that was held during school hours. The school was operated by defendant Bethel School District...

Two forms of federal assistance helped public libraries provide patrons with Internet access: discounted rates under the E-rate program and grants under the Library Services and Technology Act (“LSTA”). Upon discovering that library patrons...

After petitioner University of Pennsylvania ("University") denied tenure to associate professor Rosalie Tung, she filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") alleging discrimination on the basis of race...

Edwin M. Larkin and Robert Wood were both practicing attorneys. They have had a continuing professional and personal relationship spanning a number of years. On or about March 15, 1977 Larkin loaned the sum of $10,000.00 to Wood and to the latter’s...

The Tipp City Board of Education hired Evans-Marshall to teach English and to supervise Tippecanoe High School's literary magazine, BirchBark. Her contract was not renewed following a dispute over the books used for assignments in her high school...

As Director of Community Intensive Training for Youth (CITY), a program for underprivileged youth operated by Central Alabama Community College (CACC), petitioner Edward Lane conducted an audit of the program's expenses and discovered that Suzanne...

A few days after a proposal to increase school taxes was defeated by local voters, appellant Marvin L. Pickering, a teacher in high school operated by appellee Board of Education of Township High School District 205, Will County, Illinois ("Board"...