Legal Opinion
W.L.G. v. Houston County Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided September 2, 1997No. Civil Action 96-T-859-SPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs W.L.G. (a minor) and Nora Riley (his mother) sue for recovery of compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs from defendant Houston County School Board under the following: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, also known as the IDEA, 20 U.S.C.A. §§ 1400-1491o,; §§ 504 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C.A. §§ 794-794a; the equal-protection and due-process clauses of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution as enforced through 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983; and the…
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