Legal Opinion
Carter v. Orleans Parish Public Schools
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1984No. 83-3150PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, we hold, affords a personal cause of action not only to persons who are excluded from federally funded programs because they are handicapped but also to those who are excluded because officials have incorrectly classified and treated them as being handicapped when they in fact are not. In this case, however, we find that the parent of children who may once have been improperly treated as being handicapped cannot obtain federal relief for this long-past event. Therefore, notwithstanding the existence of federal jurisdiction, the action must be dismissed for want…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- O'Shea v. LittletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Golden v. ZwicklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Georgia State Conference of Branches of Naacp, Mary Alice Covin, Mary Laurant, Sylvia Dennis, and Naomi Tucker v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Shields v. City of ShreveportSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- Richard B. Manecke v. School Board of Pinellas County, Florida, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Merritt E. Jones, on His Behalf and as Next Friend of Pamela Jones, a Child v. Clear Creek Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Raymond Wayne Hill v. The City of Houston, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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