GRAGG

v.

CAYUGA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Gagne v. Maher, 594 F.2d 336 (2d Cir. 1979)
  …mos was implicitly overruled by Edelman v. Jordon, see Jordon v. Gilligan, supra note 4, 500 F. 2d at 706-08; Skehan v. Board of Trustees, supra note 4, 501 F. 2d at 42 & n.7; but see Bond v. Stanton, 528 F. 2d 688, 691-92 (7th Cir. 1976), remanded, 429 U.S. 973, 97 S.Ct. 479, 50 L.Ed.2d 581 (1977), fee award reinstated on basis of Fees Act, 555 F. 2d 172 (7th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 438 U.S. 916, 98 S.Ct. 3146, 57 L.Ed.2d 1161 (1978), we think that recent Supreme Court actions indicate at most that the C…
• Bond v. Stanton, 630 F.2d 1231 (7th Cir. 1980)
  …as not barred by the eleventh amendment. 528 F. 2d 688 (7th Cir. 1976) (“Bond II”). The Supreme Court, however, vacated our judgment and remanded the case to us “for further consideration in light of Pub.L.No. 94-559, 90 Stat. 2641 (Oct. 19, 1976).” 429 U.S. 973, 97 S.Ct. 479, 50 L.Ed.2d 581 (1976). Pub.L.No.94-559 is the Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act (the “Fees Act” or the “Act”), which amended 42 U.S.C. § 1988. On remand, we again affirmed the award of attorney’s fees, this time on the basis of…
• Madalyn Murray O'Hair & Soc'y of Separationists, Inc. v. White, 675 F.2d 680 (5th Cir. 1982)
  …o the construction of the state constitution, for the leading purpose in construing a constitutional provision is likewise to effect the intent of the drafters. Gragg v. Cayuga Independent School Dist., 539 S.W. 2d 861, 866 (Tex.), appeal dismissed, 429 U.S. 973, 97 S.Ct. 478, 50 L.Ed.2d 580 (1976); Cox v. Robinson, 105 Tex. 426, 150 5. W. 1149, 1151 (1912). Thus, there is no question but that section 4 is sufficiently ambiguous that a Texas court might construe it so as to be constitutional. Therefore, the…