Legal Opinion
Antkowiak by Antkowiak v. Ambach
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 18, 1987No. CIV-85-532CPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Lara Antkowiak is a 14-year-old girl with profound emotional disturbance and a severe eating disorder, anorexia nervosa. Lara’s illness first surfaced when she was only ten years old, and since that time, she has been hospitalized on several occasions, once for nearly one year. The issue in this case is whether the New York State Education Department [SED] must pay for Lara’s placement at a private residential and educational facility in Pennsylvania.
Plaintiff John Antkowiak, on behalf of his daughter, seeks relief under the Education for the Handicapped Act…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Atascadero State Hospital v. ScanlonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Pamela Tucker and Michael Tucker, Individually and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Jonas Tucker v. Bay Shore Union Free School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Antkowiak v. AmbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Michael M. v. Bd. of Educ. of NYC School Dist.District Court, E.D. New York · 1988
- Antkowiak ex rel. Antkowiak v. AmbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988