United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissals of plaintiff's civil rights and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) claims against a school board are reversed since plaintiff was entitled to sue as a parent whose procedural rights under the IDEA were infringed, and the dismissal of her claims was premature.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2005
• Decided 01/04/2006
• Published 01/04/2006

Judges

• WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lillian L. Mosely, Chicago, IL, pro se., John S. Skilton, Gabrielle E. Bina (argued), Heller Ehrman LLP, Madison, WI, amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathleen M. Gibbons (argued), Chicago Board of Education Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.