Legal Opinion
Sarah M. v. Weast
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 25, 2000No. Civ. 99-3010PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MESSITTE, District Judge.
Pursuant to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et. seq., the parents of Sarah M. seek reimbursement for the costs they incurred in educating her in a private school for disabled children. An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) found that the parents failed to give notice to the Montgomery County Public School (“MCPS”) authorities as required by law and granted the school authorities’ Motion to Dismiss.
Before the Court, the parents argue that the notice they gave was appropriate. 2 The Court agrees, reverses the decision of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Felder v. CaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Free v. BlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Loren F. Ex Rel. Fisher v. Atlanta Independent School SystemCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Regional School Unit 51 v. DoeDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2013
- S.M. v. WeastDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2003
- W.D. Ex Rel. W.D. v. Watchung Hills Regional High School Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
- Southard v. Wicomico County Board of EducationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2015
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