Legal Opinion
A.W. v. Jersey City Public Schools
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 24, 2007No. 05-2553PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we reexamine our holding in W.B. v. Matula, 67 F.3d 484 (3d Cir.1995), that an action can be maintained against school officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. We do so in light of the Supreme Court’s reasoning in City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams, 544 U.S. 113, 125 S.Ct. 1453, 161 L.Ed.2d 316 (2005), regarding the availability of § 1983 to redress violations of federal statutory rights and the opinions of our sister courts of appeals that…
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