Legal Opinion
In Re Drew P. By Next Friend v. Clarke County School District
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1989No. 88-8031, 88-8124PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOEVELER, District Judge.
This appeal involves an action brought against the Clarke County School District, Clarke County, Georgia (the “school district” or “CCSD”). Plaintiff Drew P. is a child diagnosed as both autistic and severely mentally retarded. He sues through his parents and next friends who contend that the school district has failed to comply with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (the “EHA” or the “Act”), 20 U.S.C. sections 1400-1485 (1982 & Supp. IV 1986). The primary issue this case presents is a question of statutory interpretation: whether EHA requires a school…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jefferson County Board of Education v. BreenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Jenkins v. FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Drew P. v. Clarke County School DistrictDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1987
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- D.B. v. Ocean Township Board of EducationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1997
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