United States Second Circuit

Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff-parents' claims under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) is reversed where the district court erred in concluding that defendant-school district failed to comply with IDEA's procedural and substantive requirements.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/29/2005
• Published 09/29/2005

Judges

• B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge., Before:  CALABRESI, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges, MUKASEY, Chief Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay Worona, Latham, NY, for Amicus Curiae New York State School Boards Assoc., Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rosalee Charpentier, Family Advocates, Inc., Kingston, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Andrea and Thomas Cerra., Karen S. Norlander, Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C., for Defendant-Appellant Pawling Central School District.