United States Third Circuit

By the acceptance of federal financial assistance, state defendants have waived any constitutional immunity from claims under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/01/2003
• Decided 08/19/2003
• Published 08/19/2003

Judges

• Before McKEE, SMITH and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Todd J. Schwartz, Michael Lombardi, (Argued), Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey E. Fogel, Nutley, Elizabeth A. Athos, (Argued), Ruth Deale Lowenkron, Newark, NJ, for Appellee A.W., Stephen J. Edelstein, Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein, Celso & Kessler, Florham Park, NJ, for Appellees Jersey City Public Schools;  John Iwanoski;  Mary Hepburn;  Joan Edmiston;  Denise Braak;  Norma Chrisomalis;  Linda Colon;  Shanette Green;  Gwendolyn Jackson., Raymond R. Connell, Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona, Fairfield, NJ, for Appellees Sylvia Elias;  Priscilla Hernandez Petrosky;  Mary Maceachern;  Edward Fauerbach;  William Ronzitti;  Roxanne Johnson., Sarah E. Harrington, (Argued), United States Department of Justice Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Appellee United States of America.