Legal Opinion
Polk v. Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 26, 1988No. 87-5585PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires that we examine the contours of the “free appropriate public education” requirement of the Education of the Handicapped Act, as amended, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1401-1461, (1982) (EHA), as it touches on the delivery of physical therapy, which is a “related service” under the EHA. Ronald and Cindy Polk are parents of Christopher Polk, a child with severe mental and physical impairments. They claim that defendants, the local school district and the larger administrative Intermediate Unit (which oversees special education for students in a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Honig v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Gans, Curtis, G. v. Mundy, James F. And the Law Firm of Raynes, McCarty Binder & MundyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Irving Independent School District v. TatroSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Scanlon v. BattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- Robert Walczak and Karen Walczak v. Florida Union Free School District and Maureen FlahertyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- Carlisle Area School v. Scott P., by and Through His Guardians, Bess P. And Richard E. P., in No. 94-7520. Carlisle Area School District, in No. 94-7539 v. Scott P., by and Through His Guardians, Bess P. And Richard E. PCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Urban Ex Rel. Urban v. Jefferson County School District R-1Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
- Emily Thomas, Cross-Appellant v. Cincinnati Board of Education, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
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