Legal Opinion
I v. Maine School Administrative District 55
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 30, 2006No. CIV. 04-165-P-HPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
HORNBY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
This lawsuit is a dispute over a school district’s obligation to provide special education services. The case is unusual because the pupil generally did well academically in early public schooling, without any special education services. She did demonstrate some developing social and communication issues in Grades 4 and 5. But her condition, Asperger’s Syndrome and a depressive disorder, was diagnosed only as a result of her serious suicide attempt in 2003 as an 11-year-old at the beginning of Grade 6. Her parents then…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Florence County School District Four v. Carter Ex Rel. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Schaffer Ex Rel. Schaffer v. WeastSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Roland M. And Miriam M. v. The Concord School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Mr. I. Ex Rel. L.I. v. Maine School Administrative District No. 55Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- R.B. Ex Rel. F.B. v. Napa Valley Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Spann Ex Rel. Hopkins v. Word of Faith Christian Center ChurchDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2008
- Regional School Unit 51 v. DoeDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2013
- Millay Ex Rel. YRM v. Surry School DepartmentDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2008
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