Legal Opinion
Mavis v. Sobol
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided January 5, 1994No. 89-CV-1061PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, Senior District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs Gary and Ruth Mavis commenced this action on behalf of their daughter, Emily, alleging that the defendant, South Lewis Central School District Board of Education (“District”), violated what is now known as the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA” or “the Act”), 1 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., by failing to provide Emily with a “free appropriate public education” as required under the Act. 2 Also named as a defendant-in this action is the New York State Commissioner of Education, Thomas Sobol (“the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Dellmuth v. MuthSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Daniel Lenn, Etc. v. Portland School CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Wall v. Mattituck-Cutchogue School DistrictDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1996
- Evans v. Board of Education of the Rhinebeck Central School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- Justin G. v. Board of Educ. of Montgomery CountyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2001
- A. S. Ex Rel. S. v. Norwalk Board of EducationDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2002
- Watson Ex Rel. Watson v. Kingston City School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2004
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