On August 9, 2012, Arbitrator George L. Fitzsimmons issued a decision finding for the employer, Mid-State Special Education District, and denying a grievance filed by an employee of the District, and her union, the Illinois Education Association (IEA). The employee...
Aug 30, 2012 
Ian P. Cooper
Ian Cooper and Amy Leech Clendennen won an appeal in the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Southern District for Missouri State University. The appellant, Dr. Mary Anne Jennings, claimed that the University breached its covenant of good faith and fair dealing...
Aug 15, 2012 
Celynda L. Brasher
Kate L. Nash
Laura E. Hemmer
Margaret A. Hesse
Melanie Gurley Keeney
Michelle H. Basi
"Close to 500 school superintendents, administrators and school board members from across the State of Missouri attended Tueth Keeney's Annual School Law Seminars held in July, 2012. Tueth Keeney presents the seminars annually to clients and members of the education...
Jul 28, 2012 Ian P. CooperKate L. Nash
In a case of significance to all institutions of higher education and employers generally, Ian Cooper won a victory on behalf of Southern Illinois University before the U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit in the case Milligan vs. Southern Illinois University. In a...
Rob Jackstadt secured an Order from the federal court remanding a construction contract claim back to the state court on a case that was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. In Edwardsville Comm. Unit District No.7 v. K...
Jun 22, 2012 
Merry Rhoades
Merry Rhoades from Tueth Keeney Law Firm assisted in updating the "Illinois Council of School Attorneys' Guide to Illinois Statutes Affecting Schools, which serves as a handy reference to those Illinois statures that are not in The School Code but but are...
John Mohan obtained a ruling on June 21, 2012 from the Division of Workers"™ Compensation finding that a claimant was not entitled to any benefits from the Firm's client, Centaur Building Services. The claimant, a 48-year old former employee of the Firm's client,...
Jun 5, 2012 Margaret A. Hesse
Firm attorneys Tom Tueth, Margaret Hesse and Amy Clendennen succeeded in overturning a law that prohibited the Parkway School District from operating a recycling facility. The lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of a Missouri statute on the basis that the statute...
May 25, 2012 Ian P. CooperKate L. Nash
Kate Nash and Ian Cooper were featured speakers at the Missouri Community College Association's annual meeting on May 24, 2012. Ian and Kate were invited to provide a legal update to the Associaiton focusing on First Amendment issues on community college capuses,...
On March 16, 2012, Amy Leech Clendennen presented at the National Business Institute's "Missouri Special Education Law Seminar" in Clayton, MO. Ms. Clendennen's presentation focused on the handling of disciplinary actions for students with special needs. Among...
Rob Jackstadt recently won summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in Anderson v. Board of Education of Cahokia School District No. 187. The plaintiff in that lawsuit claimed that he was dismissed from his job in...
Jan 31, 2012 Ian P. CooperKate L. Nash
Ian Cooper and Kate Nash recently prevailed in a trial for Washington University against the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. The University filed an action in the Circuit Court of Cole County challenging the jurisdiction of the MCHR over a former student's...
