FREDERICK L. v. THOMAS

Civ. A. No. 74-52.

419 F.Supp. 960 (1976)

FREDERICK L., a minor by his mother, Delores L., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, and Delaware Valley Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Arthur THOMAS, Individually and in his capacity as President of the Board of Education of Philadelphia, et al. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Israel Packel and John C. Pittenger, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Kraut, Stephen F. Gold, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Stephen Miller, Education Law Center, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff-intervenor Dela. Valley.

Robert T. Lear, Law Department School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Pa., for defendant.

Stinson W. Stroup, Maria P. Vickers, Asst. Attys. Gen., Philadelphia, Pa., for Commonwealth.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEWCOMER, District Judge.

This lawsuit involves the education of children and adolescents with specific learning disabilities (LD's) in the School District of Philadelphia (District).1 The complaint alleges that the District does not have a remedial program for learning disabled children which satisfies Pennsylvania's special education statutes. It further alleges that the District has violated plaintiffs...

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