Legal Opinion

R.F. v. Cecil County Public Schools

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided March 25, 2019No. 18-1780PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUNCAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

R.F., an elementary school student with a disability, and her parents (collectively "Appellants") challenge the district court's decision to affirm the determination of a Maryland Administrative Law Judge (an "ALJ") that Cecil County Public Schools ("CCPS") provided R.F. with a free appropriate public education (a "FAPE") under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the "IDEA"), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. Appellants contend that CCPS violated the IDEA by (1) failing to educate R.F. in the least restrictive environment (the "LRE"), (2) failing to implement…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Winkelman Ex Rel. Winkelman v. Parma City School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Fry v. Napoleon Community SchoolsSupreme Court of the United States · 2017
  4. DS EX REL. DS v. Bayonne Bd. of Educ.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
  5. Mairin Doyle Brian Doyle Margaret Doyle v. Arlington County School Board, and Arthur W. Gosling John S. Davis Virginia Department of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Stephanie Johnson v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2021
  2. Hind Bouabid v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2023
  3. C.D. by and Through M.D. v. Natick Public School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019
  4. Capistrano Unified Sch. Dist. v. S.W.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2021
  5. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education v. Aleah BradyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2023

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