Legal Opinion
Kerkam v. District of Columbia Board of Education
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 19, 1987No. Civ. A. 84-2656PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
JOHN GARRETT PENN, District Judge.
The plaintiffs filed this action pursuant to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA), as amended, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., 29 U.S.C. § 794, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the decision in Mills v. District of Columbia Board of Education, 348 F.Supp. 866 (D.D.C.1972). The case came before the Court on defendants’ motion to dismiss or in the alternative, for summary judgment. Plaintiffs did not oppose so much of the motion as sought to dismiss all claims other than those made pursuant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Mills v. Board of Education of District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
- Tschanneral v. District of Columbia Board of EducationDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1984
3Cited by3 opinions
- Alexander Kerkam v. Floretta McKenzie Superintendent, D.C. Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Alexander Kerkam, a Minor/by His Father James Kerkam v. Superintendent, D.C. Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Kundrat v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000