Child Rights & Remedies Fall 2012

1. Child Rights & RemediesFall 2012 Class 4

2. Review of Class # 3 • Lessons from Velazquez: legal basis matters for leverage • Lessons from Marisol • Lessons from Castano – 23(b)3 class barrier • Lessons from Children’s TV – definable leverage

3. Attorneys’ Fees • Statutory fee shift statute • Private AG by court creation or statute • Common fund doctrine

4. Serrano &California CCP § 1021.5 • Private AG w/ multiplier

5. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society U.S (1975) • Alyeska: Federal = no private AG

6. Movement Toward Common Fund Hole: • Federal -- No fee shift statute -- No fund

7. Implied Remedies for Children • 42 USC § 1983 • Franklin v. Gwinnett (1992) 503 U.S. 60 Title IX Gender Discrimination Damages implied if act intentional?

8. Violation of Federal Standards as Civil Rights Case Suter v. Artist M. U.S. (1992) • Thibodot test: (a) plaintiffs aggrieved, (b) duty mandatory, (c) judicially enforceable • Suter: No private enforcement of “reasonable efforts” mandate • Specificity of Standards (c) above is key

9. Federal/State Spending and Child Advocacy • Floors for Adequacy • Analyzing Budgets – Adjustors • Entitlements vs. Grants • Supplantation and “MOE”

10. Strategies • Minimum Floor • Special Fund Financing • Bonds/Debt Instruments • Leveraging Federal $ • Tax Expenditures

11. Strategies (cont’d) • Tuition Reductions / Student Borrowing Subsidy • Market Correction Fees • Cy Pres Funds • Punitive Damage Awards • Special Products (Kids Plates)

12. Introduction to Reproductive Rights • Unwed Births and Poverty • Incentives and Current Remedies