No. 19-172

Edina Harsay v. University of Kansas

Lower Court: Kansas
Docketed: 2019-08-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: academic-deference academic-freedom civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review
Latest Conference: 2019-11-22 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a rule-like application of federal case law that accords a nearly-insurmountable level of deference to academic administrators in breach-of-contract or other academic disputes, such that other applicable laws are rendered ineffective and courts depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, violates the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a rule-like application of federal case law that accords a nearly-insurmountable level of deference to academic administrators in breach-of-contract or other academic disputes, such that other applicable laws are rendered ineffective and courts depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, violates the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Docket Entries

2019-11-25
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-11-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/22/2019.
2019-11-01
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-08-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent University of Kansas to respond filed.
2019-05-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 6, 2019)

Attorneys

Edina Harsay
Edina Harsay — Petitioner
University of Kansas
Michael Charles LeitchUniversity of Kansas, Respondent