Feb 5, 2020 | Case Note, Civil Rights and Discrimination Law, Courts, Education Law, Thomas Campbell
By Thomas Campbell Abstract It should not come as a surprise that sexual assault on college campuses has been a major area of concern in the past decade. In 2011, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released the “Dear Colleague Letter” (the...
Feb 5, 2020 | Case Note, Family Law, Madison Bertrand, State and Local Government
By Madison Bertrand Abstract In In re H.S., the Supreme Court of Texas held that a nonparent has standing to pursue a suit affecting the parent-child relationship (SAPCR) even when the child’s parents have not wholly relinquished their parental rights and...
Nov 25, 2019 | Case Note, Civil Procedure, Shaquille Grant
By Shaquille Grant Abstract In Martin v. Behr Dayton Thermal Products LLC, the Sixth Circuit interpreted how Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3)’s requirements interact with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(4). Rule 23(b)(3) provides that a class action may...
Oct 10, 2019 | Case Note, First Amendment, John Sivils
By John Sivils Abstract Free speech protection ends where true threats begin. The Supreme Court of the United States has defined “true threats” as “those statements where the speaker means to communicate a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of unlawful...
