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Geis, Robert and Loretta Geis v. Board of Education of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 30, 1985No. 84-5482PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we review the appropriateness of the educational placement of a mentally and neurologically impaired child, pursuant to the Education of the Handicapped Act (“Act”), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1461 (1982). The Board of Education of Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey (“Board”) appeals from the district court's final order requiring that the child, S.G., continue in a residential program at the Woods School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The Board was also ordered to pay S.G.’s educational costs. For the reasons that…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Hans v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890

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3Cited by75 opinions

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  4. Emily Thomas, Cross-Appellant v. Cincinnati Board of Education, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  5. M.C. And G.C., on Behalf of Their Son, J.C. v. Central Regional School District, M.C. And G.C., on Behalf of Their Son, J.C. v. Central Regional School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996

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