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The article details a lawsuit involving a student at Bret Harte Union High School in California who had been accommodated by Section 504 and by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) under the "other health impairment" classification. His parents claimed that the district denied an entitlement to "free appropriate public education" or FAPE. The case begins with an administrative impartial due process hearing and ends with a decision that suggests the court became impatient with both parties' actions. The case is an example of "needless adversariness" and "overlegalization" of special education.

Reports on a lawsuit filed against the Associated Chino Teachers union in California by a person claiming religious objector status. Details of the law that allows for religious objectors to pay the fee to a charity of their choice; Findings of the federal district court which ruled against the petitioner; How this ruling is opposite to one across the country and the reasons for the difference in rulings; Practical problems of drawing a quantifiable line that is fair.