Legal Opinion
Dl v. District of Columbia
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 16, 2011No. Civil Action No. 2005-1437PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION & FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case concerns the District of Columbia’s obligations, under both federal and local law, to provide special education to some of our most vulnerable citizens at a very early and critical stage in their lives. In the first few years of a child’s life, there exists a narrow window of opportunity in which special education, tailored to the child’s particular needs, can work a miracle. “[S]omewhere in the neighborhood of 75 to 80 percent” of the disabled children who are found in the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
- DL v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- DL v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- Dl v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- Dl v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2015
- Dl v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
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