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ERIC Number: EJ640970
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Judgment Day.
Zirkel, Perry A.
Phi Delta Kappan, v83 n7 p561-62 Mar 2002
Describes Illinois case involving the expulsion of five students for a gang-related brawl at a high school football game in Decatur. Students brought suit against the school district claiming violation of their 14th Amendment right to procedural due process. Both the federal district court and court of appeals rejected the students' claim. Discusses lessons for school law. (PKP)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Expulsion, Federal Courts, Juvenile Gangs, School Law, Student Rights, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fourteenth Amendment