Amicus Briefs

Resources

• El Paso Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Richard R. (5th Cir.) [PDF 137,010kb]
  IDEA: Settlement offer –enforceability without court review; mootness of lawsuit seeking same relief as rejected settlement offer. Filed 3/12/09.
  
• Forest Grove School Dist. v. T.A. (U.S. Sup. Ct.—Merits) [PDF 2,464,929kb]
  IDEA: tuition reimbursement—child who has not received special education services from school district. Filed 3/4/2009.
  
• Forest Grove School District v. T.A. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 155,872kb]
  IDEA: tuition reimbursement—child who has not previously received special education services from school district
  
• Unified School District No. 259 v. Disability Rights Center of Kansas (10th Cir.) [PDF 174,123kb]
  FERPA: disclosure of student records to protection and advocacy groups.
  
• Alexandria City Schools v. A.K. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 256,881kb]
  IDEA: Individualized education program—definition of “location” of services—denial of free appropriate public education
  
• Thompson R2-J School Dist. v. Luke P. (10th Cir.) [PDF 178,172kb]
  IDEA: substantive standard for FAPE--self sufficiency
  
• John M. v. Board of Education of Evanston Township High School District 202. (7th Cir.) [PDF 72,233kb]
  IDEA: current educational placement
  
• Bd. of Educ. of the City Sch. Dist. of the City of New York v. Tom F. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 110,729kb]
  IDEA: tuition reimbursement
  
• Winkelman v. Parma City School District (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 202,277kb]
  IDEA: Parent representing child pro se in court.
  
• Arlington Central School District v. Murphy (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 242,001kb]
  IDEA: whether “prevailing party” is entitled to recover expert fees on the same basis as attorneys fees
  
• Hamilton County Dep't of Education v. Deal (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 129,470kb]
  IDEA: standard for determining whether IEPs provide a free appropriate public education.
  
• Schaffer v. Weast (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 4,635,964kb]
  IDEA: burden of proof in due process hearings.
  
• Attica Central Schools v. JS (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 73,693kb]
  IDEA: exhaustion of administrative remedies
  
• Weast v. Schaffer (4th Cir.) [PDF 61,274kb]
  IDEA: placement of burden of proof in special education due process hearings.
  
• Beth B. v. VanClay (7th Cir.) [DOC 68,608kb]
  IDEA: mainstreaming of profundly disabled student - free appropriate public education requirement.
  
• James. v. Upper Arlington City School District Board of Education (6th Cir.) [HTML 19,691kb]
  IDEA: request for IEP for student not enrolled in school district triggering duty to reimburse parents for private school tuition.
  
• Schaffer v. Vance (4th Cir.) [HTML 23,863kb]
  IDEA: due process hearing - placing the burden of proof on the school district.
  
• Cedar Rapids v. Garret F. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [HTML 38,180kb]
  IDEA: disabled student requiring one-on-one nursing care in classroom - included related services versus excluded medical services.