United States Sixth Circuit

In a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), alleging defendant failed to provide a "free and appropriate public education," the district court erred in finding that there had been no procedural or substantive violations of the IDEA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2004
• Published 12/16/2004

Judges

• Before:  MOORE and COLE, Circuit Judges;  MARBLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Gary S. Mayerson, Mayerson & Associates, New York, New York, for Appellants.  Charles L. Weatherly, the Weatherly Law Firm, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Gary S. Mayerson, Mayerson & Associates, New York, New York, Theodore R. Kern, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellants.  Charles L. Weatherly, Thomas W. Dickson, Jennifer R. Fain, Kathleen A. Sullivan, the Weatherly Law Firm, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee.