Case: Harold Burbank et al. v. Canton Board of Education Court: Connecticut Supreme Court Date: Oct. 27 Time: 11 a.m Summary: Parents are challenging the constitutionality of searches conducted at Canton high school and middle school during which drug sniffing dogs were used to try to locate any possible drugs in lockers or parked cars….
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Judge Blocks DOE from Releasing Teachers’ Names With Evaluation Data
Shayna Jacobs reports: The city cannot release the names of thousands of city teachers whose performances were rated in a Department of Education assessment until the matter is argued in court next month, a Manhattan judge ordered Thursday. The ruling came after an emergency lawsuit was filed by the teachers union in an attempt to…
Stored Communications Act protects Yahoo email account from subpoena
Evan Brown summarizes and comments on Chasten v. Franklin, 2010 WL 4065606 (N.D.Cal. October 14, 2010): Plaintiff sued some corrections officers at the prison where her inmate son was killed. She learned in a deposition that one of the defendants had a Yahoo email account. So she sent a subpoena to Yahoo seeking all the email…
Appeals court stays ruling on gays in military
Peter Henderson reports: A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the Pentagon may temporarily reinstate a ban on openly gay men and women in uniform while a lengthier stay in favor of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is considered. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco added…