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Equal Protection
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The Appellate Strategist
Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Wrongful Death Non-Economic Damages Cap for Med Mal Cases
On March 13, 2014, the Florida Supreme Court, in a 5-2 ruling, issued its long-awaited opinion following review of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision in Estate of McCall…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Consent Decree Allows Girls on Male Wrestling Team
By Tracy Thomas
Court Enters Consent Decree So PA Girls Can WrestleThe lawsuit was filed in October 2013 in federal court and alleged that the district’s all-male wrestling program discriminated against girls on…
New Hampshire Family Law Blog
Unmarried Parents Get Equal Protection for New Hampshire Appeals
By Kysa Crusco
Miller v. Todd, a parenting case between two parties who were never married, raised the issue of whether Supreme Court Rule 3 is unconstitutional because it treats married and unmarried…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Timing Means That 300 Same-Sex Couples in Michigan Are In Legal Limbo While Gay Marriage Appeal Goes Forward
As you know from our recent coverage, Judge Bernard A. Friedman of the Eastern District of Michigan entered an order late in the day on Friday, March 21, 2014 striking…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Spotlight: QUSL’s Civil Justice Clinic and Death Penalty Abolition
By Kevin Barry
We’re kicking off our Monthly Spotlight series with an update on the legislative advocacy of the Quinnipiac University School of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic in support of abolition of the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit on the Equal Protection Rights of Immigrants in Hawai’i’s Health Program
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn a divided opinion in Korab v. Fink, a Ninth Circuit panel upheld the constitutionality of Hawai'i's health benefits…
Education Law Prof Blog
Tennessee Teacher Challenges State Evaluation Scheme in Federal Court
Tennessee teachers have filed a second lawsuit this year challenging the state’s use of student standardized test scores to determine teachers' retention and merit pay evaluations. Governor Bill Haslam and…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“[G]a[y]ffirmative Action: The Constitutionality of Sexual Orientation-Based Affirmative Action Policies”
The title of this post comes from this forthcoming paper by Professor Peter Nicolas, the abstract of which states: Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court established a consistency principle…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gay Affirmative Action
By John Kang
Peter Nicholas at U of Washington has uploaded an intriguing article on gay affirmative action. The abstract reads: Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court established a consistency principle in…
Education Law Prof Blog
7th Circuit Rules that Hair Grooming Codes Applied Only to Male Student Athletes Violate Equal Protection Clause and Title IX
The Seventh Circuit reconsidered some of its earlier precedent last week and held that a school’s policy requiring male basketball players wear their hair cut above their ears violated the…