Legal Opinion
ANTKOWIAK BY ANTKOWIAK v. Ambach
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 11, 1986No. CIV-85-532CPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
The issue in this case is whether the State of New York is required, pursuant to the Education for the Handicapped Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400, et seq. [EHA], or the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, to pay for the placement of a 13-year-old girl at a private institution in Pennsylvania. The child, Lara Antkowiak, suffers from anorexia nervosa and a variety of emotional problems. In May of 1985, Lara’s father, John M. Antkowiak, unilaterally placed his daughter at the Hedges Treatment Center of the Devereux Foundation in Malvern, Pennsylvania [Hedges]. Defendant, the…
2Cases cited10 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
- Irving Independent School District v. TatroSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Monahan v. State of Neb.District Court, D. Nebraska · 1980
- Floretta McKenzie Superintendent, D.C. Public Schools v. Christopher Smith, by His ParentsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Antkowiak v. AmbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- S-1 & S-2 Ex Rel. P-1 & P-2 v. SpanglerDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1986
- Antkowiak ex rel. Antkowiak v. AmbachCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- Hiller v. Bd. of Educ. of Brunswick Cent. Sch. Dist.District Court, N.D. New York · 1987
- Antkowiak by Antkowiak v. AmbachDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1987
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