Is school safety a federal issue? A new area of liability

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The issue in D.R. v Middle Bucks Area Vocational Technical Schools is whether public schools have a constitutional responsibility for students' safety during the school day. The facts were the repeated sexual abuse of two female students by a group of male students over a period of five months. This case is pending in the US Court of Appeals for the 3d Circuit. In 1990, a similar case in the 7th Circuit held that schools' parental authority over students could not be extrapolated to custodial authority and that therefore the schools did not have constitutional responsibility for the safety of the students.

High school students, Tort liability, Sex crimes, Tort liability of school districts, School districts

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City tries to contain cop scandal damage; judge borrows from asbestos casebook, consolidates claims to expedite civil rights suits

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Philadelphia authorities and plaintiffs' lawyers have agreed to move swiftly on civil rights claims arising out of a police corruption scandal in the 39th District, reminiscent of the notorious Five Squad incident of the 1980s. US District Judege Stewart Dalzell will handle the ten cases filed thus far, and any others that follow, like other complex litigation, consolidating them at least for pretrial and discovery purposes. The city predicts that any losses will be minor, and its attorney says he has the resources to do the job right.

Police Protection, State & Local Police, United States, Police officers, Constitutional torts, Police corruption

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Federal court staying out of it; state discipline cases

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The 3d US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in University of Maryland v. Peat, Marwick, Main & Co that federal courts should not interfere with state disciplinary proceedings by granting protective orders. Richard A. Brown, an attorney whose firm was overseeing the reorganization of the bankrupt Mutual Fire, Marine & Inland Insurance Co, had argued that a state contempt of court action was preventing him from prosecuting a federal action on behalf of his client.

Laws, regulations and rules, Attorneys, Discipline, Lawyers, Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers, Preemption (Legislative power)

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