Legal Opinion
Petersen ex rel. Petersen v. Hastings Public Schools
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 1994No. 93-3358PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Three hearing-impaired children and their parents appeal the judgment of the district court1 rejecting their challenge to the Hastings Public Schools’ decision to educate hearing-impaired students by use of a particular sign language system other than that used in their homes. We affirm the district court’s judgment.
Nicholas Petersen, Aex Petersen and Kendra Janssen, who are severely hearing-impaired, require sign-language interpreters in the classroom. They use the strict Signing Exact English or SEE-II signing system in their homes. The children’s school…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley Ex Rel. RowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mary Schuldt and Douglas Schuldt, on Behalf of Themselves and Their Minor Daughter, Erika Schuldt v. Mankato Independent School, District No. 77Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Petersen Ex Rel. Petersen Ex Rel. Janssen v. Hastings Public SchoolsDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1993
- A.W., a Minor by and Through His Father and Next Friend, N.W. N.W. And S.W. v. Northwest R-1 School District John Gibson, in His Capacity as Acting Superintendent of the Northwest R-1 School District the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education State Board of Education and Arthur Mallory in His Capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Elementary and Secondary EducationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
3Cited by1 opinion
- Petersen v. Hastings Public SchoolsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994