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· 3/10/2011

Harris Ex Rel. Harris v. PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL

Citations

  • 635 F.3d 685
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 4639
  • 2011 WL 814972

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that although the student's disciplinary transfer to an alternative school did not trigger due process protections, his short-term suspension prior to transfer did
  • explaining alternative education program does not violate Fourteenth Amendment and, for temporary suspensions, only “an informal give-and-take-between student and disciplinarian” is required
  • explaining alternative education program does not violate Fourteenth Amendment and, for temporary suspensions, only “an informal give-and-take-between student and disciplinarian” is required
  • discussing the portion of the district court’s summary of the evidence the Fifth Circuit disagreed with
  • school secretary’s complaints about the treatment of her son found not to be speech on a matter of public concern
  • \A student's transfer to an alternative education program [for 45 school days] does not deny access to public education and therefore does not violate a Fourteenth Amendment interest.\

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Judges: King, Davis, Southwick

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