Supreme Court Petitions to Watch includes right of public school teacher to choose private school
SCOTUS Blog has updated its list of Supreme Court Petitions to Watch. It includes this one that may be of interest to ADF Alliance Alert readers:
Docket: 07-1089
Case name: Smith v. Barrow
Issue: Whether a parental rights claim of a teacher denied a promotion for choosing to educate her children in a competing private school is subject to rational basis or heightened scrutiny.
- Opinion below (5th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioner’s reply
- Amicus brief of the Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund (in support of petitioner)
- Amicus brief of International Municipal Lawyers Association (in support of the petitioner)