Legal Opinion
Conklin v. Anne Arundel County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1991No. Nos. 89-2220, 89-2225 and 90-2012PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL, District Judge:
The United States Congress in 1975 passed the Education of the Handicapped Act (“EHA” or “the Act”) to provide the handicapped children of this country with access to the public educational system. See 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-85 (1990).1 Alarmed by the large number of handicapped children that were either completely ignored or improperly serviced by American public schools, Congress sought primarily to throw open the doors of public education and heed the needs of these heretofore forgotten children. See generally Board of Educ. v. Rowley, 458 U.S. 176, 191-98, 102…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Carnegie-Mellon University v. CohillSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- San Antonio Independent School District v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re Faizulla G. KathawalaCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- Oeltjenbrun v. CSA Investors, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1998
- In Re Thomas C. Conklin, Maryland State Department of Education, Special Education Appeal Number 07-89, (Three Cases) John Conklin, Deborah Conklin, Parents and Next Friends of Thomas Conklin, a Minor v. Anne Arundel County Board of Education, a Body Politic and Corporate, (Two Cases) John Conklin, Deborah Conklin, Parents and Next Friends of Thomas Conklin, a Minor v. Anne Arundel County Board of Education, a Body Politic and CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991