Legal Opinion
Drinker v. Colonial School District
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 13, 1995No. Civ.A. 94-7101PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DALZELL, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiff, Daniel Drinker, is nine years old and suffers from Down’s Syndrome and cerebral palsy, conditions that qualify him as an “exceptional” child, see 22 Pa.Code § 14.1. In Count II of their complaint, he and his parents seek a permanent injunction requiring defendants, the Colonial School District and others (whom we shall collectively call “Colonial”), to keep Daniel at Gladwyne Elementary School in the Lower Merion School District. 1 They base their claim on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), 20 U.S.C. §§…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. MoitieSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Honig v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Bernardsville Board of Education v. J.H., Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Son, J.H. E.H., Individually and on Behalf of Their Minor Son, J.H. J.H., IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Drinker v. Colonial School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
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- Moubry Ex Rel. Moubry v. Independent School Dist. 696District Court, D. Minnesota · 1998
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- Coale v. State Department of EducationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 2001
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