Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Bennett
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1989No. 87-8904PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In this case, the Georgia State Board of Education and two local school districts challenge the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights to investigate parental complaints concerning the education of their handicapped children. The district court dismissed the Georgia educators’ suit for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, and they now appeal. We affirm.
I
The dispute between the appellants and the Office of Civil Rights (the OCR) centers on the proper interpretation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub.L.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Patsy v. Board of Regents of Fla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Southeastern Community College v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Smith v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Cannata v. Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
- Broadcast Equities, Inc. v. Montgomery CountyCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1998
- Freeman v. CavazosCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Holton v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South CarolinaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1999
- Alabama Dairy Products Ass'n v. YeutterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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