Legal Opinion
Clevenger v. Oak Ridge School Board
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1984No. 83-5840PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The only question in this ease is whether the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, School Board is providing Harold Richard Clevenger the kind of “free appropriate public education” required by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1412. The School Board has decided to place Richard at Riverbend, a residential school with psychiatric treatment which is part of the Lakeshore Mental Health Institute in Knoxville, Tennessee. Richard’s mother believes that the Riverbend School is inappropriate for Richard and wants him placed instead at the Brown School…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Roncker ex rel. Roncker v. WalterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Michael Age v. Bullitt County Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Irving Pulp & Paper, Limited, Cross-Appellant v. Dunbar Transfer & Storage Co., Inc., Mid-America Distribution Centers, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Clevenger v. Oak Ridge School BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1983
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